Sreedev KrishnakumarThe acid attack on a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Delhi recently has caused widespread outrage across the country. Data shows that hundreds of acid attacks are reported every year in India.
In the five-year period between 2017 and 2021, as much as 1070 cases of acid attacks against 1115 victims were recorded in the country. Moreover, a further 317 acid attack attempts against 332 victims were also recorded during this same period.