Mumbai Acid Attack

The 27-year-old woman, who had a love marriage, was living with her mother after finding out about her husband's affair.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl and threatening to attack her with acid in Mumbai's Bhoiwada locality, a police official said on Monday.

Two men on a bike threw a chemical substance on a 26-year-old woman to steal her laptop in Maharashtra's Thane on Saturday, police said.

A 35-year-old woman was arrested in Mumbai today for throwing acid on a dog, police said.

Police have arrested three persons for the acid attack on a 42-year-old businessman following a dispute in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday.

A 54-year-old woman succumbed to burn injuries, over two weeks after being attacked with acid by her live-in partner in Mumbai's Girgaon, police said on Thursday.

A woman was severely injured in an acid attack in Lokmanya Tilak Marg area in south Mumbai in the early hours of Friday, a police official said.

TikTok has suspended the account of popular creator Faizal Siddiqui after one of Siddiqui’s videos faced massive criticism and was accused of glorifying acid attacks on women.

Team Chhapaak conducted a social experiment to see how people react to acid attack survivors

Deepika Padukone flew off to Lucknow with Ranveer Singh to spend her special day with acid attack survivors of the city

A 16-year-old girl was injured in an acid attack by the principal of her alma mater in Mumbai, the police said.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a 25-year-old man in the 2013 Preeti Rathi acid attack and murder case in Mumbai, but commuted his death penalty to life imprisonment.

Lalita Benbansi from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh was 21 when her cousin threw acid on her over a grudge he held. Her face got completely burnt and this bruised her confidence. She started avoiding the mirror. In the past five years, Ms Benbansi underwent 17 reconstructive surgeries. She said that she had lost all hope of finding love or getting marri...

Citing the example of Lalita, Vivek Oberoi addressed several other acid attack survivors to say, "Lalita is a true hero because she proves to 1000s of acid attack survivors nationwide that this isn't a full stop, just a comma, life has many possibilities."

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice." This famous quote by Bob Marley may as well have been written for/by this Mumbai woman featured on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. In a moving and inspiring post, shared some 18 hours before writing this, the woman, not named, talks about how she reclaimed her life afte...

The 27-year-old woman, who had a love marriage, was living with her mother after finding out about her husband's affair.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl and threatening to attack her with acid in Mumbai's Bhoiwada locality, a police official said on Monday.

Two men on a bike threw a chemical substance on a 26-year-old woman to steal her laptop in Maharashtra's Thane on Saturday, police said.

A 35-year-old woman was arrested in Mumbai today for throwing acid on a dog, police said.

Police have arrested three persons for the acid attack on a 42-year-old businessman following a dispute in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday.

A 54-year-old woman succumbed to burn injuries, over two weeks after being attacked with acid by her live-in partner in Mumbai's Girgaon, police said on Thursday.

A woman was severely injured in an acid attack in Lokmanya Tilak Marg area in south Mumbai in the early hours of Friday, a police official said.

TikTok has suspended the account of popular creator Faizal Siddiqui after one of Siddiqui’s videos faced massive criticism and was accused of glorifying acid attacks on women.

Team Chhapaak conducted a social experiment to see how people react to acid attack survivors

Deepika Padukone flew off to Lucknow with Ranveer Singh to spend her special day with acid attack survivors of the city

A 16-year-old girl was injured in an acid attack by the principal of her alma mater in Mumbai, the police said.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a 25-year-old man in the 2013 Preeti Rathi acid attack and murder case in Mumbai, but commuted his death penalty to life imprisonment.

Lalita Benbansi from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh was 21 when her cousin threw acid on her over a grudge he held. Her face got completely burnt and this bruised her confidence. She started avoiding the mirror. In the past five years, Ms Benbansi underwent 17 reconstructive surgeries. She said that she had lost all hope of finding love or getting marri...

Citing the example of Lalita, Vivek Oberoi addressed several other acid attack survivors to say, "Lalita is a true hero because she proves to 1000s of acid attack survivors nationwide that this isn't a full stop, just a comma, life has many possibilities."

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice." This famous quote by Bob Marley may as well have been written for/by this Mumbai woman featured on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. In a moving and inspiring post, shared some 18 hours before writing this, the woman, not named, talks about how she reclaimed her life afte...