An unidentified man attacked a 38-year-old woman with acid on Sunday evening and threatened her to withdraw a rape and extortion complaint that she had filed at the Malwani police station two months ago. The acid-filled plastic balloon, which the man threw at her, landed on her legs where she suffered burn injuries.

The rape-survivor, who is a property consultant, separated from her husband in 2010 and currently stays with her 11-year-old daughter at Andheri East.