Using other names, especially name used … [166], Acid attacks are rare in Vietnam. [60] In both nations, younger individuals were more likely to suffer from an acid attack: the average age in the Nigeria study was 20.6 years,[60] while Ugandan analysis shows 59% of survivors were 19–34 years of age. [93] One victim, Ameneh Bahrami, sentenced her attacker to be blinded in 2008. [147], On 3 October 2017, the UK government announced that sales of acids to under 18s would be banned. Acid attacks can often lead to permanent blindness. [35], Conflicts regarding property issues, land disputes, and inheritance have also been reported as motivations of acid attacks. [174], These problems are exacerbated by a lack of knowledge of how to treat burns: many victims applied oil to the acid, rather than rinsing thoroughly and completely with water for 30 minutes or longer to neutralize the acid. [30], Attacks against individuals based on their religious beliefs or social or political activities also occur. Fact: It hasn't. [7], Due to such ease of access, many organizations call for a stricter regulation on the acid economy. [92], Recently, acid assault in Iran has been met with increased sanctions. There are instances of this act throughout history and in modern times, often in places where honor killings are also common. Police in India are also known to use acid on individuals, particularly on their eyes, causing blindness to the victims. [180], Indian acid attack survivor Shirin Juwaley founded the Palash Foundation[181] to help other survivors with psychosocial rehabilitation. Acid throwing is the easiest way to hurt a woman and often used as a form of revenge on refusal of sexual advances, proposal of marriage and demands of dowry. However, as of July 31, 2011, she pardoned her attacker, thereby absolving Majid Movahedi of his crime and halting the retributive justice of Qisas. [60], A 2015 attack that involved throwing sulfuric acid on a man's face and body while he lay in bed caused him, among other serious injuries, to become paralyzed from the neck down. [143] In January 2018, CNN reported that acid attacks in London increased six-fold between 2012 and 2017 and that 71% of attackers and 72% of victims were male. [178][179] Acid Survivors Trust International is the only international organisation whose sole purpose is to end acid violence. Some Netizens think so; check the truth, Fact Check: Indian Railways to increase passenger fares from January 6? [52], On March 27, 2014, a woman named Natalia Ponce de León was assaulted by Jonathan Vega, who threw a liter of sulphuric acid on her face and body. [26] Disaggregated data was not available in the Nigeria study, but they reported that 71% of acid assaults resulted from an argument with either a jilted lover, family member, or business partner. Treatment for burn victims remains inadequate in many developing nations where incidence is high. Acid attacks have been reported however in countries around the world, including:[7][44], Additionally, anecdotal evidence for acid attacks exists in other regions of the world such as South America, Central and North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Chhapaak is based on her. [155] Katie Piper was also attacked in 2008 with acid by her ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch and an accomplice Stefan Sylvestre. [160] She also miscarried her unborn child. So, Laxmi is ‘Malti’ Agarwal and Nadeem become ‘Babboo’ aka ‘Bashir Khan’. A well known such case is the Bhagalpur blindings, where police blinded 31 individuals under trial (or convicted criminals, according to some versions) by pouring acid into their eyes. As a result, divorce rates are high, with abandonment by husbands found in 25% of acid assault cases in Uganda (compared to only 3% of wives abandoning their disfigured husbands). In December 2014, a Palestinian hurled acid (concentrated vinegar which contains a high percentage of acetic acid and can cause burns) into a car containing a Jewish family of six and a hitchhiker at a checkpoint between Beitar Illit and Husan in the West Bank, causing serious face injuries to the father and lightly injuring other occupants, including children. [6], The most common types of acid used in these attacks are sulfuric and nitric acid. The study also cited the Colombian Forensics Institute, which reported that 56 women complained of aggression by acid in 2010, 46 in 2011, and 16 during the first trimester of 2012. [16] Similar institutions exist in Uganda, which has its own Acid Survivors Foundation,[26] and in Cambodia which uses the help of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. [121], In 2019, the Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan (ASFP) have said that the reported cases of acid attacks on women have dropped by around 50 per cent compared to the last five years. [197], This article is about the form of violent assault. [157] The attack was motivated by Riesel's reporting on the influence of organized crime on certain corrupt labor unions. [8][9], The long-term consequences of these attacks may include blindness, as well as eye burns, with severe permanent scarring of the face and body,[10][11][12] along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. As of 2017, it is unlawful to carry acid with the intent to cause harm. [191][192] Three quarters of police investigations do not end in prosecution, either because the attacker could not be found, or because the victim is unwilling to press charges. For example, a 2010 study in The Lancet described that there are "no reliable statistics" on the prevalence of acid attacks in Pakistan. According to his cousin, journalist Abraham Rabinovich, the incident had no link with Hirsch's political activities but was connected to a real estate dispute. [160] She was left with third and fourth degree burns on her face, throat, and arms, leaving her blind and without one ear. An example of an acid attack in Vietnam is the Ho Chi Minh City acid attack where four people were injured. Where is … But the judges said the buyer of such acids should in future have to provide a photo identity card to any retailer when they make a purchase. The Sharia code of qisas, or equivalence justice, required a caught perpetrator of acid violence to pay a fine and may be blinded with acid in both eyes. BOOM called up another film reviewer, who did not wish to be named, who had also seen a preview of the film. Several reports have claimed that director Meghna Gulzar has changed the name of Nadeem Khan to Rajesh — a 32-year-old man who was behind the acid attack on Laxmi Agarwal. Such home remedies only serve to increase the severity of damage, as they do not counteract the acidity. Several reports have claimed that director Meghna Gulzar has changed the name of Nadeem Khan to Rajesh a 32-year-old man who was behind the acid attack on Laxmi Agarwal. [123] According to the Acid Survivors Foundation, up to 150 attacks occur every year. One study showed that refusal of marriage proposals accounted for 55% of acid assaults, with abuse from a husband or other family member (18%), property disputes (11%) and refusal of sexual or romantic advances (2%) as other leading causes. 17. However, this can be traced to significant underreporting in the 1980s and 1990s, along with a general lack of research on this phenomenon during that period. It all started because someone saw the name 'Rajesh' in the cast list in IMDB and thought that it was the name of the attacker in the movie. [119] However, estimates by the Human Rights Watch and the HRCP cite the number of acid attack victims to be as high 40–70 per year. A female who engages in such an act is known as a vitrioleuse. Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak is under fire on Twitter for allegedly changing the acid attacker's name from 'Nadeem Khan' to 'Rajesh' in the film. Despite Laxmi’s multiple refusals, Khan did not back off. Several users on Twitter expressed their disappointment over the rumoured change in 'name' of the attacker. [7] However, South Asian countries maintain the highest incidence of acid attacks. The severity of the damage depends on the concentration of the acid and the time before the acid is thoroughly washed off with water or neutralized with a neutralizing agent. Although acid attacks occur all over the world, this type of violence is most common in South Asia. PIB fact check debunks fake news. [28][29] Gender inequality and women's position in the society, in relation to men, plays a significant role in these types of attacks. A reward, originally HK$100,000, for information about the perpetrator or perpetrators, was raised to HK$300,000 following the second incident, and cameras were to be installed in the area following the December incident. Swarajya magazine published an article on Wednesday, 8 January, claiming that the name of the acid attacker in the film has been changed from ‘Naeem Khan’ to Rajesh. On October 17, 1915, acid was fatally thrown on Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, heir to the House of Koháry, by his distraught mistress, Camilla Rybicka, who then killed herself. The organisation was founded in 2002 and now works with a network of six Acid Survivors Foundations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda that it has helped to form. The attacks were thought by many Iranians to be the work of conservative Islamist vigilantes, but the Iranian government denies this. [7] Under Iranian law, victims or their families can ask a court's permission to enact "qisas" either by taking the perpetrator's life in murder cases or afflicting an equal injury to his or her body. The Supreme Court's ruling on July 16, 2013, came after an incident in which four sisters suffered severe burns after being attacked with acid by two men on a motorbike. Wallace was found guilty of "throwing a corrosive substance with intent" and received a life sentence. By 4 pm, ''Nadeem Khan'' clocked close to 60,000 tweets and ''Rajesh'' close behind with 50,000. Today, she has become an inspiration for Bollywood’s most talented actress Deepika Padukone. [18] In Pakistan, the Lower House of Parliament unanimously passed the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill on May 10, 2011. [23] Over 1,200 cases were recorded over the past five years. Laxmi Agarwal is an activist and also a motivational speaker.Who became a victim of an acid attack at the age of 15. [29] Additionally, the use of acid attacks in dowry arguments has been reported in Bangladesh,[76] with 15% of cases studied by the Acid Survivors Foundation citing dowry disputes as the motive. Medical underfunding has resulted in very few burn centers available for victims in countries such as Uganda,[26] Bangladesh,[173] and Cambodia. [165], In April 2021, a Pakistani-American student at Hofstra University suffered severe injuries to her face, arms, and throat from an acid attack carried out with battery acid. [26] Moreover, acid survivors who are single when attacked almost certainly become ostracized from society, effectively ruining marriage prospects. [176] The Acid Survivors Foundation in Uganda operates in Kampala and provides counseling and rehabilitation treatment to victims, as well as their families. The rhetorical and theatrical term "La Vitrioleuse" was coined in France after a "wave of vitriolage" occurred according to the popular press where, in 1879, 16 cases of vitriol attacks were widely reported as crimes of passion perpetrated predominantly by women against other women. [16], Many countries have begun pushing for legislation addressing acid attacks, and a few have recently employed new laws against this crime. In April 2017, a man named Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of Ferne McCann, threw acid inside a nightclub across terrified clubbers in east London forcing a mass evacuation of 600 partygoers flooding into the street. When acids contact the skin, response time is crucial. But here's the truth [170] Though not exhaustive, Acid Survivors Foundation Uganda findings included:[26], In addition to these above-mentioned medical effects, acid attack victims face the possibility of sepsis, kidney failure, skin depigmentation, and even death. In the film based on her life, the narrative remains the same but the names have been changed. In 2005, a man named Nadeem Khan threw acid on her in Delhi’s Khan Market. Vega, a former neighbor, was reported to have been "obsessed" with Ponce de León and had been making death threats against her after she turned down his proposal for a relationship. There they can receive medical and legal support. They describe it as a relatively recent form of violence, with the earliest record in Bangladesh from 1983. Claim: Acid attacker Nadeem Khan's name changed to Rajesh in Chhapaak [16] According to the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity, 216 acid attacks were reported from 1985 to 2009, with 236 reported victims. [162][163], In 2017, a 17-year-old girl was permanently scarred by an acid attack in Dallas. [96][97], In 1983, acid attacks were reported to be carried out by Mujama al-Islamiya against men and women who spoke out against the Mujama in the Islamic University of Gaza. At 9:13 a.m. BST on Wednesday, 21 June 2017, Jameel Muhktar and Resham Khan were sitting in a stationary car stopped at traffic lights on Tollgate Road, Beckton. 22 people were injured in the attack. There is no information on him. [7] Since then, research has witnessed an increase in the quantity and severity of acid attacks in the region. [7] Motivation behind acid assaults range from marriage proposal rejections to religious fundamentalism. It all started because someone saw the name 'Rajesh' in the cast list in IMDB and thought that it was the name of the attacker in the movie. The film is based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, who was also making news for quite another reason. Attack. The third incident occurred the day the cameras were turned on. [16] As with India, rates of acid attacks in Cambodia have generally increased in the past decades, with a high rate of 40 cases reported for 2000 that started the increasing trend. [171], Acid assault survivors face many mental health issues upon recovery. NEW DELHI: Quite apart from the pain as acid scars slowly heal, 16-year-old Lakshmi will have to come to terms with the sheer lack of fear of retribut [86], The Mong Kok acid attacks were incidents in 2008, 2009, and 2010 where plastic bottles filled with corrosive liquid (drain cleaner) were thrown onto shoppers on Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Hong Kong, a pedestrian street and popular shopping area. Ever since Deepika Padukone attended the demonstration protesting against JNU Violence, her upcoming film Chhapaak is trending on social media. [5] NGOs provide rehabilitation services for survivors while acting as advocates for social reform, hoping to increase support and awareness for acid assault. Press J to jump to the feed. User account menu. [5] Perpetrators of these attacks throw corrosive liquids at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. 'Chhapaak' again under fire as acid attacker's name changed. The London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets are among the areas of London where acid attacks are most common. Rajesh and Nadeem Khan are trending on Twitter. [7] Aqueous solutions of strongly alkaline materials, such as caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), are used as well, particularly in areas where strong acids are controlled substances. For the country of Bangladesh, such passion is often rooted in marriage and relationships. [52], The study reported a male:female victim ratio of 1:30 for acid assault in Bogota, Colombia, although recent reports show the ratio is closer to 1:1. Here are five more things you can do on Aarogya Setu app, find out! Join our events to engage with key stakeholders in the government, social and private sectors. In 2005 Laxmi was attacked by a 32-year-old man Guddu aka Nadeem Khan and his friends.It happened because she rejects his marriage proposal. Many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been formed in the areas with the highest occurrence of acid attacks to combat such attacks. [36][37] Acid attacks related to conflicts between criminal gangs occur in many places, including the UK, Greece, and Indonesia. [32] Acid attacks due to religious conflicts have been also reported. Mumbai: Deepika Padukone’s “Chhapaak” is again under fire on Twitter this time for allegedly changing the acid attacker’s name from “Nadeem Khan” to “Rajesh”.. Several reports have claimed that director Meghna Gulzar has changed the name of Nadeem Khan to Rajesh — a 32-year-old man who was behind the acid attack on Laxmi Agarwal. 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