Acid attack on Guwahati lawyer
In a shocking incident, an advocate of Guwahati High Court has faced acid attack on Saturday evening. The advocate was attacked while she was getting down from a bus in Bharalumukh bus station in Bharaumukh area of Guwahati by unknown miscreants. The attackers threw acid on her face and the victim has got injury in her eyes. She has been shifted to Shankardeva Netralaya in Guwahati.
”I do not know who is behind the crime. The attackers threw acid while I was getting down from a bus and ran away quickly on a motor cycle.”said the victim. Meanwhile a case has been registered in Bharalumukh Police Station in connection with the crime. Police has arrested one person in connection with the attack who happens to be a fellow advocate in Guwahati High Court
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