Acid thrown on mother, son in Lucknow

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Lucknow, 29 Jan: Two youths on a motorbike attacked a mother and her 16-year-old son in the city’s Viram Khand-III neighbourhood on Saturday night. The incident was reported about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, and a case was filed at the Gomti Nagar police station.

According to the police, Vikas Verma and his mother Anita Verma (40) were attacked by two individuals on a motorbike. According to authorities, they splashed acid on them and then escaped.

According to Virendra Vikram, Assistant Commissioner of Police, the mother and her son were first transported to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, which then sent them to the Civil Hospital. The motivation for the attack has yet to be determined, they added, adding that CCTV video is being analysed to identify the offenders.