Many women and men have been on the receiving end to some of the worst acid attacks in public or in their homes. We bring you such heinous acid attacks have changed victims' lives forever and also scarred Mumbai
16 June,2019 10:00 AM IST
Laxmi Agarwal is one example of women empowerment. The story of her struggle and fight-back from a life-threatening attack is a message for many acid-attack victims that the horrific act isn't the end of the world and one should never give up, so much so that her story has inspired a Bollywood film as well. As the release of 'Chhapaak' nears, let us know more about her.
17 April,2019 12:30 PM IST
In June 2019, Bombay HC upheld the conviction of Ankur Panwar in the 2013 case. He had been given the death penalty in 2016 for flinging sulphuric acid on Preeti Rathi on May 2, 2013. Until this point, acid attacks were not categorised as the rarest of rare cases that justified capital punishment but after the new amendment in laws on acid attack cases, this was the first time the death penalty has been awarded to an accused. However, that was commuted to life sentence. Here's all what you need to know about the Preeti Rathi acid attack case
17 June,2019 08:51 AM IST
Deepika Padukone was snapped promoting her upcoming flick Chhapaak with director Meghna Gulzar and co-star Vikrant Massey with acid attack survivors in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Hubby Ranveer Singh also accompanied Deepika to the celebration. We have pictures
06 January,2020 10:57 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
