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15-year-old girl attacked with acid in Parsa for refusing love proposal

2019-09-06

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj, Ward 6

A 15-year-old teenage girl has been seriously injured after being attacked with acid in Parsa by her stalker.

16-year-old Samsad Miya of Birgunj sub-metropolitan city-2 Chhapkaiya and his friend Majid Alam attacked Muskan Khatun with acid at Ganeshman chowk of Birgunj metropolitan city-6 at 6:10 am in the morning on Friday. Muskan sustained burn on her right cheek, chest, and hands in the attack said Somendrasingh Rathaur.

Police arrested Samsad Miya who is the main attacker and are looking for his accomplice Alam. It has been revealed that Miya attacked Muskan after she refused his love proposal.

Police are preparing to send the victim for further treatment to Fect hospital in Kirtipur and are further investigating the incident.

GBV, Children’s Rights

Details and Impacts

Violent / Non-violent	Violent
Onesided / Twosided	Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal	Interpersonal
Primary Form	Other violent form
Weapons	Other
Primary Cause	Other types of GBV
Actor 1 - Number of people	2
Actor 1 - Affiliations	Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth	youth
Actor 2 - Number of people	1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target)	Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth	youth
Total Injured	1
Female Injured	1
Youth Injured	1

Source Links:

Sajhedari Rastiya Dainik
Sanskar Khabar
Pratik Dainik
Bhojpuri Times
Bypass Daily
Sarwa Rastriya
https://ratopati.com/story/99444/2019/9/6/acid-attack
http://inseconline.org/np/news/%e0%a5%a7%e0%a5%ab-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b7%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%88-%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf/
https://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/index.php/news/latest-news/17744-2019-09-06-06-02-18
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BBAH6oPdVN_gzFkT2oAZVNoCa7ozW7ww/view?usp=sharing
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PIcIMoMvpjt5dUrdRW8iEPdRBa0g_2Ce/view?usp=sharing
Ankus Daily
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-ImirFdEjPpq9-FMLjbBMRKXbf7cUal4/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15MUCNmsY8Kv8BGgHzx9tP26_lRK18LzU/view?usp=sharing

Source Types:

National/Online Media , INSEC , Police website , Local Newspaper - Bara , Local Newspaper - Chitwan , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Saptari