Delhi Woman Acid Attack

A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly attacking her daughter-in-law with acid in their house in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area, the police said.

The Delhi Commission for Women on Thursday issued a notice to the Delhi police over an alleged acid attack on a woman by her in-laws.

The court, however, said that the accused used "diluted acid", which did not cause any grievous injury, such as burns or disfigurement.

A Delhi court has upheld the sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment awarded to a man convicted of causing grievous hurt to a woman by throwing acid at her in 2008.

The woman, a roadside vendor, was setting up her wares at the weekly market at 8 am when she was attacked. No arrests have been made in the case so far, police said.

A 19-year-old woman has accused her neighbour in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar here of threatening her with "acid attack" if she did not marry him, police said on Wednesday.

A 30-year-old man allegedly stabbed his woman friend with a knife and later consumed acid in west Delhi's Ranhola area, police said on Tuesday.

The woman died nearly two weeks after being attacked with acid by a man in outer Delhi's Bawana area, police said.

A woman hospitalised in Delhi after being forced to consume acid in Gwalior by her husband and his family died today. Delhi Women's Commission chief Swati Maliwal tweeted informing everyone about the 22-year-old's death.

A Delhi court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to five years in prison for throwing acid at a woman after making indecent remarks and obscene gestures at her.

A 23-year-old man and his wife have been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a Delhi court for throwing acid on a woman on her refusal to marry him three years ago.

A Delhi woman allegedly threw acid on her boyfriend in the national capital's Vikaspuri area to exact revenge from him as he did not want to marry her, police said. She was riding pillion on her boyfriend's motorcycle when she asked him to take off his helmet as she was "unable to touch him properly". Moments later, she allegedly threw acid on him.

Six days after a 22-year-old woman was attacked with acid and thrown out of a car by her brothers in Greater Noida, the National Commission of Women (NCW) today cited the incident to push for stricter enforcement of the ban on indiscriminate sale of the corrosive chemical in Uttar Pradesh.

A 22-year-old woman alleged she was attacked with acid in south Delhi on Thursday by two unidentified men, who threatened her to withdraw a rape case which she had filed against her ex-boyfriend, police said.

Two women sustained burn injuries after a man, the husband of one of them threw acid on them in Paharganj. He was suspecting his wife of having an affair, the police said.

A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly attacking her daughter-in-law with acid in their house in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area, the police said.

The Delhi Commission for Women on Thursday issued a notice to the Delhi police over an alleged acid attack on a woman by her in-laws.

The court, however, said that the accused used "diluted acid", which did not cause any grievous injury, such as burns or disfigurement.

A Delhi court has upheld the sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment awarded to a man convicted of causing grievous hurt to a woman by throwing acid at her in 2008.

The woman, a roadside vendor, was setting up her wares at the weekly market at 8 am when she was attacked. No arrests have been made in the case so far, police said.

A 19-year-old woman has accused her neighbour in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar here of threatening her with "acid attack" if she did not marry him, police said on Wednesday.

A 30-year-old man allegedly stabbed his woman friend with a knife and later consumed acid in west Delhi's Ranhola area, police said on Tuesday.

The woman died nearly two weeks after being attacked with acid by a man in outer Delhi's Bawana area, police said.

A woman hospitalised in Delhi after being forced to consume acid in Gwalior by her husband and his family died today. Delhi Women's Commission chief Swati Maliwal tweeted informing everyone about the 22-year-old's death.

A Delhi court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to five years in prison for throwing acid at a woman after making indecent remarks and obscene gestures at her.

A 23-year-old man and his wife have been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a Delhi court for throwing acid on a woman on her refusal to marry him three years ago.

A Delhi woman allegedly threw acid on her boyfriend in the national capital's Vikaspuri area to exact revenge from him as he did not want to marry her, police said. She was riding pillion on her boyfriend's motorcycle when she asked him to take off his helmet as she was "unable to touch him properly". Moments later, she allegedly threw acid on him.

Six days after a 22-year-old woman was attacked with acid and thrown out of a car by her brothers in Greater Noida, the National Commission of Women (NCW) today cited the incident to push for stricter enforcement of the ban on indiscriminate sale of the corrosive chemical in Uttar Pradesh.

A 22-year-old woman alleged she was attacked with acid in south Delhi on Thursday by two unidentified men, who threatened her to withdraw a rape case which she had filed against her ex-boyfriend, police said.

Two women sustained burn injuries after a man, the husband of one of them threw acid on them in Paharganj. He was suspecting his wife of having an affair, the police said.