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Woman attacked with acid in Pakistani Punjab

India TV News Desk [Published on:08 Feb 2014, 4:23 PM]
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Lahore: A woman in Pakistan's Punjab province suffered severe burns when her husband attacked her with acid, the latest in a string of such assaults.


Bushra, a resident of Okara district, 100 km from provincial capital Lahore, was attacked by her husband
Muhammad Basharat, who suspected she was in a relationship with another man in the neighbourhood, police said.

Basharat threw acid on her face and chest yesterday when she was asleep at home, police said. She married Basharat a few years ago.

Bushra was rushed to a hospital in Okara, where doctors advised her relatives to shift her to a hospital in Lahore.

Officials described her condition as serious, saying she had severe burns on her face and body.

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