Police have formed three teams to track down the miscreants who threw acid on a 28-year-old girl on Sunday morning under the jurisdiction of Sahadevkhunta police station.
Superintendent of Police B Jugal Kishor, said, “Three teams have been formed to nab the culprits and hopefully they would be brought to book soon.”
The victim Madhusmita Mohapatra, a resident of Suelpur under Town police station was on her way to purchase mutton in her Scooty along with a friend when the incident took place.
Near the Sobharampur level crossing, two unidentified miscreants in a motorbike stopped them in the pretext of asking them address of a person. As soon as they stopped one of miscreants threw acid on her and sped away from the spot. However, her friend escaped unhurt.
The miscreants were masked and they had covered the number plate of their bike with a cloth, the victim said.
The Sahadevkhunta police began investigation after the maternal uncle of the victim, Bhudev Mohapatra lodged an FIR with police. A case under section 326 A has been registered, said Sahadevkhunta police station IIC Jayant Behera.
The victim, following the incident was rushed to the District Headquater Hospital and later reffered to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. The victim, a divorcee, is the younger daughter of an estranged mother.
However, later on the day the case of acid attack took a new twist after a finance company staff Harekrishna Jena lodged an FIR with the Sahadevkhunta police that their office near bus stand was set on fire by two unidentified women in the morning.
“A case is registered under Section 436 of IPC on the receipt of compliant. Investigation is on to ascertain whether there is any relation between the alleged acid attack and the finance company office being set on fire.
Further, it is to be ascertained whether the girl ( Madhusmita) had burn injuries caused due to the fire or acid attack. The mystery would be unfolded soon.