2 women booked for hurling acid at a 35-year-old woman in Kolkata

Kolkata, Dec 22: Police arrested two women in Garden Reach area of Kolkata on Sunday on the charges of hurling acid on another woman, police said.

The two women were mother and daughter who were arrested for hurling acid on a 35-year-old woman.

The accused women are said to be the residents of Purbasthali in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal.

The victim is a resident of Santoshpur Road in Garden Reach area of South Kolkata.

According to the police report, the victim has suffered burn injuries on her face and body after she was attacked by the women today morning,

She was taken to the SSKM Hospital from where she was being released after her treatment.

Meanwhile, a case has been registered at Rajabagan Police Station, cops have started investigation into the matter.

On Thursday, a 35-year-old woman BMTC bus conductor, Indira bai was attacked with acid by two unknown miscreants when she was on her way to work from her house in Bagalagunte in Karnataka.