As we all know, the number of cases of violence against women is constantly rising and recent cases like the Delhi acid attack is a proof that women’s safety is nothing but a fancy word in our country. Speaking of the Delhi acid attack, the accused easily purchased the acid from an e-commerce website and threw it at the girl when she was on her way to school just because his fragile ego got hurt. And it only took him a few seconds to commit the crime but the 17-year-old girl will have to bear its consequences for the rest of her life. An acid attack victim, Daulat B Khan, an acid attack survivor shared what she went goes through during the incident. It is heartbreaking!
Daulat B. Khan, the acid attack survivor said that the incident happened in the year 2010. She said that her elder sister befriended her after their mother passed away in 2019. When she was at her sister’s place, her brother-in-law threw acid at her. She mentioned that her face started burning and she screamed that her sister and brother-in-law betrayed her.
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She was taken to the hospital for treatment and was unconscious for two days. When her daughter came to visit her, she got scared of her as she was unable to recognise her own mother.
Furthermore, she said that her face was covered with bandages for a month. After the treatment, they were left with no money and she had to beg in order to feed her children. Daulat mentioned that she was very happy when she found that her attackers got severely punished by the court for ruining her life.