A senior bank manager suffered burn injuries when two persons allegedly threw acid on her in the Charva area here on Monday, police said.
She has been identified as Diksha Sonkar (34), a resident of Prayagraj and working as a senior manager at a Bank of Baroda branch at Syed Sarawa village in Chail tehsil of Kaushambi district.
Around 11.30 pm, police received information that two youths stopped her scooter near Chilla Shahbaji village while she was on her way to duty and threw acid on her face, Superintendent of Police Hemraj Meena said.
After first aid, she was admitted to SRN Hospital in Prayagraj, he said.
There are eyewitnesses to the incident, the SP said, adding a case has been registered and investigation started.
Three police teams have been formed to work out the case at the earliest, he said.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
2 Men On Bike Throw Chemical At Mumbai UPSC Aspirant, Steal Laptop: Cops Notice To Centre, RBI For Alternate Digital KYC Method For Acid Attack Survivors Man Accidentally Throws Acid On Son While Targeting Wife In Kerala: Cops Amid Huge Row, Karnataka Pauses Bill For Reservation In Private Sector Firms Travel Influencer Aanvi Kamdar Dies After Falling Off A Waterfall Near Mumbai Joe Biden Tests Positive For Covid As Age Worries Mount QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024: IIM Bangalore Tops Among Indian Institutes Ganguly Recalls How He Learned Leadership Lesson From Sehwag's Defiance Cattle Transporters Not Assaulted, Died After Fall From Bridge: Chargesheet Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.