Acid poured in boy’s eyes, fingers cut off

Patna: In an alarming incident of cruelty, all the ten fingers of a 17-year-old boy in Bihar’s Samastipur district were chopped off and acid was poured in eyes by some men apparently after a minor quarrel. Vikas Yadav was attacked by seven men while returning home on his  on Thursday evening. Police said that he was attacked for disobeying the assailants’ order to move away from near the house of one of them while repairing his motorcycle, which stopped midway due to a snag. The victim’s father Shivsagar Yadav said the attack was prompted by the business rivalry he had with the accused.

Yadav’s condition remains critical due to his severe burn injuries and the attack on his hands with some sharp weapons. While an FIR was lodged against the seven men named by the victim, none of them has been arrested as police said they were absconding.