Indian police said on Friday in New Delhi that acid was thrown on the face and shoulders of a 23-year-old Russian woman in India, causing severe burns.
Police said Darya Prokina was hospitalised after her landlord’s son allegedly attacked her with sulphuric acid on Thursday night in the northern city of Varanasi.
Police Officer, Akash Kulhary, said the woman and the suspect, who were in a relationship, had an altercation after she revealed plans to return home.
He said the suspect had fled and the police were searching for him.
“Prokina came from Moscow some four months ago and was studying Indian classical music in Varanasi.
“She holds dual Russian and Bulgarian citizenship,’’ he said.
Meanwhile, the Kolkata-based non-profit Acid Survivors Foundation of India, has said that India records 100 to 500 acid attacks every year.
The foundation said victims were largely women and the most common reasons for the attacks range from revenge for refusal of marriage proposals or sex, domestic disputes, dowry demands and suspicion of infidelity.
NAN
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