Three members of a family, including a seven-month old female child, sustained serious burn injuries when unidentified miscreants threw acid on them at their house on the Debru road here in the wee hours of Sunday.
The injured, identified as Baldev Singh, his wife Karamjit Kaur and daughter Khushpreet Kaur, have been admitted to PGIMS in Rohtak where their condition is stated to be critical. The police have started investigation after registering a criminal case against unidentified miscreants under relevant sections of the India Penal Code (IPC) on the statement of Baldev Singh in this regard. No clue about the attackers was found till the filing of this report.
The assault was carried out between 3 and 4 am when the family was sleeping in the courtyard of their rented house. The miscreants sneaked into the house and fled after throwing acid on them. On hearing their cries, the police on patrolling duty rushed to the house and took them to civil hospital here but the injured were later referred to PGIMS in Rohtak.
Sant lal, the landlord, told the mediapersons that Baldev Singh, resident of village Kharawar in Kaithal district had been residing in his house for the last 10-12 years and was working as submersible mechanic. “Baldev Singh has suspected the involvement of another mechanic who used to work with him earlier hence we have launched a hunt to round up the mechanic for interrogation,” said the police.