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Girl attacked with acid for refusing marriage proposal
Suspect approached victim and offered her lift on motorcycle
According to reports, the woman lost her eye sight in 2011 when she was attacked with acid. PHOTO: REUTERS
LAHORE:
A young girl, who worked as domestic help, was reportedly attacked with acid over the refusal of a marriage proposal in Johar Town on Monday.
Police said 27-year-old M , a permanent resident of Pakpattan had moved to Lahore for work. She had been staying in Feroziyanwala Johar Town and worked a few miles away in Chungi Amar Sadu as a maid.
On the day of the incident, she was on her way to work in the Sui Gas Society in Chungi Amar Sadhu. Reportedly, two suspects, one of them identified as Ahmad Liaquat, a resident of Depalpur, Okara intercepted her near Jagawar Chowk on a motorcycle. He approached her and forcefully insisted to drop her to at work. The victim refused the offer. The suspect carrying acid in a steel vessel poured on her face.
Police personnel use a water cannon to disperse TLP supporters during a protest in Lahore on April 13. AFP
Law enforcement agencies and officials on Wednesday moved to clear Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) activists from roads in different cities of the country as protests entered a third day.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the government will deal with an iron fist with those who take the law into their own hands,
Chairing a meeting in Islamabad to review the law and order situation, he directed law enforcement agencies to ensure the writ of the state at all costs.
He said that motorways, GT Road and other roads have been cleared for traffic, adding that Pakistan Rangers have done an excellent job in collaborating with the police and the administration in this regard.