A man and his son suffered critical injuries as a youth threw acid on them over property dispute at Uasapadar village under Krushnaprasad block of Puri district on Monday.
The victims identified as Adhikari Tarei and his son Rajendra sustained burn injuries in different parts of their bodies in the acid attack. Both were initially rushed to the Krushnaprasad Community Health Centre and later shifted to the AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
Sources said Adhikari and his son were doing some work when the accused identified as Santosh Moharana threw acid on them. The duo was carrying out some work in the farmland behind their house when the incident occurred.
“There was some dispute between the two families. The father and son had gone to clean the farmland to start some agricultural activities. The accused had earlier also threatened Adhikari and his family and today he threw acid on them,” said a relative of the victims.
Later, police detained accused Santosh and further investigation in this connection was on.
