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Sale of Acid to be Curbed
Posted on: 15/Feb/2013 2:24:37 PM
The Union Home Ministry will convene a meeting to check the sale of acid in the country. The announcement comes in the wake of several reports about women being attacked with acid, the latest being from Pondicherry. Most of the women are those who have rejected a proposal of some kind.
Says an official, In many cases, offenders use sulphuric acid, which is available in car batteries. This is a law and order problem, but we are looking at all options to tighten regulations for commercial sale of acid.
