A 25-year-old woman on Thursday sustained burn wounds on face and hands, as an unidentified miscreant threw acid at her at the busy Bandra railway station, when she arrives in the metropolis from New Delhi to take up a job.
The incident took place at 8.15 am after the victim woman — identified as one R Preeti —arrived along with her father, uncle and aunt at the Bandra Railway station by Garib Rath from the national capital.
As the victim woman was walking along with her family members at the railway station after having alighted from the train, the miscreant — who had covered his face with a handkerchief — threw acid at her and her aunt and ran away.
Police said that while the victim woman sustained burn injuries on her face and hands, her aunt received minor injuries in the acid attack.
The victim woman is undergoing treatment at a hospital at Byaculla in south Mumbai.
Based on the descriptions given by the victim woman and her family members, the police have prepared a sketch of the accused man, who is aged between 20 and 25 years.