The Nilgiri Police launched a manhunt to nab miscreants who are involved in an acid attack of a plus two first year student of Nilgiri Women’s College on Friday evening. Victim Subhashree Jena of Mirigini under the Nilgiri NAC encountered the mishap at around 6.15 pm while she was returning to her home after finishing a private computer class in a bicycle.
The miscreants who came in a motor cycle threw acid on her before fleeing from the spot. listening to her shrieks, locals rescued her and rushed her to the local sub divisional hospital. As her condition deteriorated, she was subsequently shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack.
She suffered burn injuries in her face and chest besides other parts of her body. While she was unable to speak following the incident, locals suspect it could be act of a jilted lover.
On Saturday, the students of the college took out a protest rally, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. SDPO SR Mahapatra said, “A case has been registered and efforts are on to nab the miscreants.”