Man doused with acid for refusing marriage proposal passes away in Multan hospital
Sadaqat was being treated at Nishtaq Hospital in Multan, in the eastern Punjab province.
MULTAN (Web Desk / AP) – A 24-year-old youth, who was critically injured after being doused with acid by a jilted woman, has passed away in Burn Unit of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital today (Tuesday), Dunya News reported.
The victim was attacked with acid by 32-year-old Momil in Makhdoom Rasheed neighbourhood of Multan on June 16 for allegedly rejecting her marriage proposal, marking an unusual case in a country where rates of violence against women are high.
Local police official Bashir Ahmed said the woman was arrested hours after she attacked her boyfriend Sadaqat Ali when he went to her home.
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Ahmed said that Momil had been having an affair with Ali for several years. She wanted him to marry her so that she could divorce her husband, he said.
Acid attacks and other so-called honour crimes against women are not unusual in Pakistan, but women are rarely the perpetrators of such attacks.
"It is a rare incident in which a woman has been accused of throwing acid on a man," said Zohra Yusuf, who heads the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She urged the government to take steps to stop the sale of acid to unauthorized persons.
"There is a need to make checks on the availability of acid to common people to prevent such future attacks against men or women," Yusuf said.
Acid is easily available at markets in many parts of Pakistan, although the government says it was tightening controls to stop illegal sale of chemicals.
