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Acid attack : 2 youths arrested from Amritsar

Gurdaspur, The Gurdaspur police nabbed two youths allegedly involved in the acid attack on Class XII student of Girls Senior Secondary School, Kahnuwan, 16 km from here, on Wednesday.
The victim, Rajwinder Kaur, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Amritsar. The Gurdaspur SSP, Gurpreet Singh Toor, who is investigating the case, held a press conference at his office today. He said t Manpreet Singh (23) and his friend Ajit Singh (24) were arrested at the former’s house at Bhaowali village in the jurisdiction of the Ajnala police station of Amritsar.
“The motor cycle used in the crime has been impounded. Manpreet’s right arm was accidentally scarred as he poured acid on the girl. We hope to nab his other accomplice by tomorrow. Manpreet was spurned by the girl a few days ago and he, along with Ajit Singh, plotted to take revenge. I have formed three teams to trace the whereabouts of the third accused,” the SSP said.
The arrested youths will be produced in court tomorrow.” After the girl turned down Manpreet’s proposal, he got in touch with Ajit Singh.Yesterday morning, the two came to Kahnuwan on a motor cycle. On their way to the school, they consumed alcohol.They abandoned their plan to attack Rajwinder Kaur outside the school fearing they would be caught. Instead, they attacked her barely a few metres from her residence,” the SSP said. He showed a bottle of acid at the press conference.
Education Minister Daljeet Singh Cheema has described the attack as “shameful.” He has asked the Punjab School Education Board to allow the victim to take her exams after she had recovered. Meanwhile, on the victim’s statemeny, the police have registered a case under various Sections of the IPC at the Kahnuwan police station.

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