Acid attack on schoolgirl: Delhi Commission for Women serves notice to police

The Delhi Commission for Women DCW on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the acid attack on a 17yearold schoolgirl and issued a notice to Delhi Police regarding itAccording to police when the girl was going to her school in the Dwarka area of the national capital two bikeborne miscreants threw acid on her The girl is undergoing treatment at a hospital where her condition is stated to be critcalDCW Members Vandana Singh and Firdaus Khan visited the girl in the hospital and interacted with her family The Commission has assured full support to the victim and her familyA team of the Commission is also deployed at the hospital with the girlTaking cognisance of the matter the DCW has sought an action taken report in the matter to Delhi Police The Commission has sought a copy of FIR alongwith details of accused arrested in the matter It has also demanded the details of any complaint made by the girl andor her family regarding threats to her along with action taken thereonDetails of the shop from which the acid was procured alongwith details of action taken against the seller of acid has also been soughtAlso Read Delhi 17yearold girl attacked with acid near Uttam NagarFurther in its notice to the Home Department the DCW has stated that acid is freely available across the country especially in the CapitalIt has repeatedly recommended a complete ban on retail sale of acid however no action has been taken till date in the matterFurther the Commission had also recently released a report on the lack of implementation of the Delhi Government order for regulating sale of acid in Delhi The order empowers area SDM to make surprise inspections and impose a penalty of Rs 50000 for violationsThe report revealed that regular inspections to regulate acid sale were also not being conducted in districts in DelhiDCW Chief Swati Maliwal said It is very unfortunate that despite repetitive recommendations of the Commission the retail sale of acid is not banned Acid is being sold openly in the market unchecked In Fact it is as easy to obtain acid as it is to purchase vegetables Government must ban retail sale of acid Further Delhi Police must arrest the men and investigate the case properly so that the strongest punishment can be given to themThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever