“The person who threw acid on her tried to kill her four times. She was staying as a paying guest where the owner’s son fell for her after repeated rejection for marriage he tried to attack and spoil her face by attacking her with the blade over 3 times and later on threw acid on he”

“He is Chandni’s son who was also attacked in this gruesome crime.”

“In the year 2016, he was acid attacked by his neighbours due to personal reasons.”

“She is Daulat Bi’s niece, she was just a one year old infant. Playing, dancing and sleeping in her mother’s lap when she became a part of this incident.”

“She was an orphan and a bar dancer before the acid attack. She use to support herself and her small brother before the incident. Now she has spent her life long savings in her on-going treatment. Because of the treatment she owes a loan of 20,00,000/- to her creditors. She has lost her eyes completely in the acid attack”

“She was acid attacked in the year 2008 by her neighbour’s son, it was one sided love by the culprit. After throwing the acid on her the boy drank poison and killed himself. She has gone through 35 surgeries and more surgeries are pending.”

“Nagpur based Archana got married in 1999 and conceived her daughter 2 years later. Ever since the time she was pregnant her husband would harass her, which impacted the baby in her womb, says Archana. Her daughter was born with certain health problems in the mind which are being treated ever since then till today.”

Post the birth of her daughter, her husband was normal for a short while however that phase was short-lived. He took to alcoholism again and began doubting her and physically torturing her as well. He would often hurt her in the face due to his mindset that she is pretty and is having an affair. 2005 was the year when the acid attack happened on Archana, by her own husband! Around 12:30 am in the night, he threw acid onto her face and ran away. She wept and screamed for help but no one came to her aid. After a while, an uncle came and took her to the hospital is all she recalls. She fell unconscious around then.

Her cunning in laws and husband then came after some time and emotionally manipulated her to refrain from filing an FIR, which Archana feels was her shortcoming being emotional as a woman and especially a mother. She spent 3 months in the hospital and a bill of 7 lakhs was accumulated in that span. She had to rely on selling off her house, jewellery and even taking loans to pay for the treatment. In her own words, she was left with nothing!

“In 2016 he was acid attacked and lost his vision completely. He recently got married and even his wife can’t see at all, she lost her vision due to an illness. They have a 2 years old son. There are 3 family members. They have to go Chennai after every 2 months, however as they don’t have money they stopped their eyes treatment from past 1 year”

“Mirpur, Uttar Pradesh based Aslam was an auto driver by profession and lived with his wife and 3 kids currently aged 12,10 and 6 respectively. He was the sole bread earner of the family.”

On 5 th November 2016, just like any other day Aslam was out and about driving his auto. 3 passengers got in and wanted to commute to a remote place a little outside his village. Upon reaching there they tried to beat him up and rob him. When Aslam tried to defend himself, he was shocked to find a splash of acid onto his face. These attackers then ran away from the spo

Some policemen then got him admitted to Saraswati Hospital in Anwarpur. Doctors informed him that he had lost sight in both his eyes. The tragic incident was just a start for a journey of misery that began and still is on to date. Over the years he has been going through treatment at multiple hospitals across the country to name a few – Anand Hospital (Meerut) AIMS, Shankar Hospital Chennai among others

“Ashu’s life changed in an instant when she was attacked with acid on 11 th December 2014. She recalls being attacked by a person who was from the Indian army, much to any patriotist’s dismay. Ashu faced this crime along with her friend who was also attacked. The liquid quickly ate through their skin and the pain and suffering from back then to the current day is something she says only she and her friend can know.”

With approximately 12 medical procedures behind her, Ashu has more approaching as per her treatment plan. The surgeries try to repair the damage, including recreating parts which the acid melted off. These are aimed only at restoring functionality and preventing infection whereas the question of cosmetic procedures remains a far-off uncertainty.

Ashus says no one can understand the way she has to live and the turmoil she has to go through each day. She strongly questions ‘What is my fault?’

“His friends threw acid on him over the dispute for a shop.”

“ He was a rickshaw driver when a fellow rickshaw driver threw acid on him due to jealousy.”

“He wouldn’t know that a small family dispute would result in such an incident that will stay with him till the time he is alive. His brother in law threw acid on him over a family dispute resulting in destroying his face and losing his vision completely.”

“Chandan’s family and life entirely was uprooted with an acid attack in 2016. It was a nightmare for them all. This Uttar Pradesh based family had no clue what merciless crime awaited them.”

Chandan used to work at a plating company in Mumbai and was living with his family in Malad at that time when this incident happened. He worked for 12 years loyally with Ashfaq who ran this business. At the same company worked a woman named Savira who was a loyal close employee to Ashfaq. One day Savira and Chandan had a fight at work and he decided to quit the job in a fit of rage. At that point she threatened him saying she would bring him into such a condition that she would not be able to even show his face to the world. Little did Chandan know that she would literally do something so chill spinning that very day

“ A splash of acid just changes a life in those few micro seconds. For no fault of the victim, they lose not just their appearance but end up with a life of endless physical and mental agony. Deepmala is an acid attack victim from Uttar Pradesh who faced an attack on 8 th February 2014.”

Her perpetrator was none but her husband, it shocks to know that someone we trust with our life can do such a demonic act for whatsoever reason it may be, it can never be justified ever! Deepmala suffered burns and injuries to an extent of 75 percent of her body

She even lost both her eyes and her father had to sell off all their land as well in order to treat her. It’s been 8 years since the unforgettable horror she faced and is still going through treatment even as of today at Shankar Hospital in Chennai.

“She was the one who was harassed by the dairy seller. She was not aware that this would change her life drastically”

“ Kamal is currently aged 40 and belongs to the scheduled caste tribe. She suffered an acid attack on 13 th December 1998 at her home in Partur at around 10 pm in the night.”

Kamal recalls she was eating dinner at that time with her mother and sister while suddenly she noticed 2 unidentified goons standing outside her home. Her sister went out to check and came back running all scared. That is when Kamal went to check at the door, one of them put a torch onto her face and it seemed like he was confirming that it was her indeed, seconds after that they splashed acid over her and fled

The acid burnt her face and her skin began to melt. The impact was so bad that it went all the way to her bones causing severe damages. She eventually even lost her eyesight and hearing capacity due to acid entering into her eyes and ears as well. Kamal had dreams of being an actress owing to her beauty and dancing talent. The eyes with which she saw these dreams had gone away too with the attack. Kamal’s father had passed away. Her mother was always tensed after this incident. They had no support in these times.

“ She was acid attacked by her husband in the year 2003 because she was running her own parlour and was an independent woman on the other hand her husband was unemployed which made him egoistic and take this action.”

“A decade ago, the year 2012, Lalita’s life changed forever. If only it was for the good! But alas an acid attack was what happened, needless to say the most tragic shock of her life.”

Lalita had gone to her village at that time and was about to get married in a few months. Around 2 months before her wedding, one day her brother and uncle’s son were playing and got into a fight. Lalita intervened and tried to stop it and in midst of that she slapped both her brother and the uncle’s son as well.

The uncle’s son was enraged by the slap and then shockingly threatened her saying, “ Just like you slapped my face now, I will show you one day and destroy your face that you are so proud of” No one actually expected he would do the deed as at that time he was just 15 years old. Just a fortnight before her wedding was to take place, Lalita was in the farm and her uncle’s son came from behind her and threw acid on her

“ Almost a decade ago, on the unfortunate day of 23 rd September 2012, Mabiya’s life changed forever taking an unexpected horrific turn. Waking up to the sensation of acid touching you body is a nightmare no one can imagine. This is how Mabiya woke up with a shock of her life that morning and as an impulse went on to open her eyes in pain. This further added to her woes with the acid now having entered her eyes too and causing an irrevocable damage for life, that of sight! A regular Sunday morning in the early hours around 5 am is a day Mabiya would never forget.”

With the burning sensation in her eyes as she tried to seek help and looked towards the door she spotted her husband, much to her surprise her perpetrator was none but her spouse himself. He fled the scene leaving Mabiya in excruciating agony, screaming for help. It was her parents who then came to her aid and took her to a hospital in Vashi, we cannot even think of what they might have gone through in those moments!

“Mamta faced an acid attack some years ago at the hands of her own husband shockingly. Her brother Vijay too was a victim of this attack along with her”

Mamta got married to Satendra Giri with all rituals and customs. Her family tried their level best in terms of expenditure on the wedding as well as to provide certain dowry to the groom. The initial days of the marriage were fine however eventually her husband began fighting with her over the smallest of things and abused her when she spoke back. She faced his beating as well thinking that things would get fine soon. However, everything only started getting worse, his behaviour got worse each day. They had shortage of basic food and ration and her husband did not bother looking into these issues. He began taunting her about lack of enough dowry and harassed her to get more from her family and threatened that he would kill her if she does not accept his demands.

“In 2015, Mariyam Shaikh and her husband Nissar were the unfortunate victims of an acid attack. The culprit behind this was Nissar’s friend and the petty reason he did this for was that Nissar had borrowed a meagre amount of 5000 Rs. from the friend as he was in need of it. Nissar and the friend got into an argument as his friend wanted the money back immediately. Nissar promised his friend that he would definitely return the money as soon as possible since currently he was in a financial crunch and his situation was very tense ”

2 days later after that fight, when Nissar and Mariyam were sleeping in their home, the friend and his wife came barging into the house and threw acid on Nissar. As Mariyam was sleeping right next to him, she also got mildly injured. Post this, Nissar and Mariyam were taken to Sion government hospital where Nissar struggled for 22 days as he was heavily burned with acid and sadly succumbed to his injuries and passed away

“Manju who resides in Meerut UP, was acid attacked by her husband in the year 2007. In the attack her face, chest, neck, hand and her eye were damaged. Since then she has underwent 10-15 surgeries and she requires more surgeries. Also she needs a job to make a living for herself as she is stays all herself.”

“My name is Meena Khatoon and I am from UP Meerut and in 2011, my in-laws had acid attack on me and at that time due to acid, my face and my body got a lot of injury and I was in my hospital in Meerut Treatment was done by my family members then they supported me but my husband did not support me and then my child was 2 years old and I am still raising my children alone. I do not live with my husband”

“ In the year 2007, Nasreen Jahan was attacked by her husband after 6 months she got separated from him and took divorce. After the attack no one supported her not even her parents as she was an adopted child of her parents. As she didn’t receive any help from anyone she had to beg in front of people to get her surgery done also she had taken loan from some people and got 8 surgeries performed on herself. Due to the lack of money she had to stop her treatment, she is still repaying the loan she had taken in small amounts (installments) also she has to take care of her 2 daughters, in the current scenario she is living in a rented house with her children.”

“In the year 2007, Nasreen Jahan was attacked by her husband after 6 months she got separated from him and took divorce. After the attack no one supported her not even her parents as she was an adopted child of her parents. As she didn’t receive any help from anyone she had to beg in front of people to get her surgery done also she had taken loan from some people and got 8 surgeries performed on herself. Due to the lack of money she had to stop her treatment, she is still repaying the loan she had taken in small amounts (installments) also she has to take care of her 2 daughters, in the current scenario she is living in a rented house with her children.k”

“It was 10 th October 2010, Reshma aged 28 at that time went through a horrible life wrecking experience caused by an acid attack on her. She was attacked by very own sister making it all the more painful. It somewhere takes away the belief in humanity seeing such an act being done by one’s own blood for whatsoever reason”

Reshma had no support to back her and had to travel all alone to the hospital after this incident leaving behind her children homeless literally on the road. She had no time to absorb the shock of what happened with her, add to that the woes of leaving her children without anyone to be with them in her absence.

The next morning when she woke up, that is the point she actually had a realisation of what actually happened and the crime she faced. The terrible pain of the skin peeling off her face and being ripped away from her body something which sounds terrifying to even put into words. Then to add to that she got. She had no time to cry over the situation as she had to do something about her kids who were all alone away from their mother all through the night that passed by.

“Reshma was attacked in 2014, on the ill-fated date of 11 th December most shockingly by a man who was in the Indian army. Devastating when someone who protects the country does such a shameful act! The reason he did so was only because Reshma turned down his marriage proposal for 2 reasons – one being that he was much older to her, she was all of 19 while he was aged 32 years and the 2 nd reason being most vital that he was already married. Reshma could not take the thought as well of breaking someone’s marriage and doing something bad to another woman. Also, she thought that a man who can leave his wife for her is not guaranteed to promise fidelity to her either surely. This wasn’t digested well by that man and he attacked her mercilessly with acid and more!”

“My name is Reena Pal, I am a resident of UP Pratapgarh. On April 4, 2013, the boy whom I had rejected, when I was going to college to give an exam paper, suddenly came on my way in acid attack on me. Had done itDue to the acid attack, my left side vision went away and there was a lot of injurious in my body and my face”

“ Her husband was a lazy rickshaw driver and use to hardly work due to which Zakira started working to support her family financially. This was not digested well by her husband who started doubting her in everything and in the year 2017 he threw acid on her.”

“From the year 2008 to the year 2017 she faced a lot. Where she was raped by the village sarpanch then he did her gang rape after this too when he wasn’t satisfied he threw acid on her 4 times even when he was not over with his disgusted revenge. The sarpanch tried to damage her private part by inserting an iron rod. After this she was provided police protection to stop the crimes against her”

“ While acid attack is a crime faced by women in majority as per gender ratios and statistics, it doesn’t after all eliminate it happening from men too. One such case is with Vijay based from Jalgaon.”

He faced the attack on 29 th October 2015 and has been fighting for justice since then, to get his attackers behind bars and get the punishment they deserve. Alas, sadly they still roam free even as of today due to no support and seriousness from the authorities and government.

“He was in standard 10th and was working on the Ganpati’s pandaal. As he was tired he slept their and an unknown person threw acid on him in which he lost his eyesight”

“In the year 1992 when Shabbo Ashraf Sheikh was 2 years old, at that tender age one fine day she was lying in her mom’s lap. That is when her mom became a victim of acid attack and as collateral damage little Shabbo got burned too in the incident. Her mom succumbed to her injuries and passed away and since she had no father her neighbours admitted her into Sion hospital where she underwent treatment for four and a half long painful years. At an age where she needed care and affection towards her upbringing, she instead found herself in need of critical medical care instead without anyone to support her in any way”

“February 22, 2015, 7 years back Sima got the shock of her life, a splash of acid changed it all for her! Sima was at her tuition class early in the morning around 6:15 am, an attack meant for her friend got directed towards her instead. They both studied in different timing batches at the tuition centre and as fate would have owing to a confusion by the attacker it happened on Sima in place of her friend. Such is destiny’s game.”

“Sandhya was never happily married and had a very abusive relationship with her husband be it physical or verbal abuse from her husband she had it all. Even after so many hardships she stayed with her husband only for her children. One fine day in the year 2013, May 5, Sandhya was at her parents place as it was a sunny day she came out to get some cool breeze. She was just sitting outside her parents house when her husband came and threw acid on her as her parents didn’t want Sandhya to stay with her husband because of the domestic violence her husband was doing on her. She was just 28 years old back then. Now after so many years of the acid attack, Sandhya is still staying strong and supporting her children and now living in a rented house.”