Kolkata, May 7: In a recent case of acid attack, six people, including five young women and a kid has been injured as unidentified men threw acid at them from a moving taxi on Sunday night in South Kolkata. The accused attacked indiscriminately and randomly at anyone, it is being reported that no one was the target. According to a Hindustan Times report, the incident took place between 9 pm and 9:30 pm, along Pandita Road in Kolkata.

A victim, who has been quoted in the HT report says, "We were returning home with my friend around 9 pm. A yellow taxi approached towards us, and the driver extended his hand and threw something that hit me at the right of the face. There was a sharp burning sensation. I cried out and rushed home to splash water,” a young woman from the locality said. The locals held the taxi, but the culprits fled from the scene. Police are trying to arrest the accused, after detailed investigation and thoroughly trying to find out if any CCTV footage has managed to capture the incident.

Reportedly, Bikramjit Sen, deputy director (headquarters) of Acid Attack Survivors Foundation India, said even though West Bengal has become the “acid attack capital of the country”, this incident was a “very rare one”.

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