In a tragic incident, a woman suffered burn injury when her first husband attacked her with acid in Malkangiri district on Tuesday. The police have started a manhunt to nab the culprit who is absconding.
According to reports, the woman, identified as Shankari Baidya of MV-46, had got married to Krupasindhu Sarkar, a driver by profession of MV-47 in the district 12 years ago.They had two children. After a disturbance, the couple had got separated one and a half years ago.Then Shankari got married to Basudev Baidya of Umerkote in Nabarangpur district. However, her children stayed with her. Ten days ago, Krupasindhu had called Shankari over phone to meet her along with the children.
However, Shankari met him on Tuesday. After a few minutes’ discussion, they had an altercation over an issue related to their children. Irate Krupasindhu brought acid from a vehicle battery and threw it on Shankari’s face.The victim went to the police station and told everything about the incident. With the help of the police, she was admitted in a Government medical at Malkangiri. Condition of the victim was stable, official sources said.