Srinagar: Former chief minister and People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday demanded stringent punishment for the culprits involved in the acid attack on a woman in Srinagar on Tuesday.
The girl suffered burn injuries in her face, eyes and left hand in the attack on Tuesday evening.
Police on Wednesday arrested three men in the case including the main accused.
Mehbooba Mufti while talking to reporters termed the attack an “inhuman act” saying those behind the heinous crime should be given stringent punishment so that such incidents are put to an end, reported news agency KNO.
On the occasion, the PDP president also alleged that the government has been allowing contractors from outside Jammu and Kashmir to extract sand and stones from Sindh nallah (stream) and Chenab river “at the cost of locals’ livelihood”.
“Such happenings are increasing unemployment in the Union Territory. The government has not been able to provide employment to locals, rather it is snatching the means of unemployment from the locals, leaving the locals to lurch at large,” she said.
