Man attacks woman with acid in Peshawar for refusing ‘friendship proposal’

PESHAWAR – A man threw acid on a woman in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa capital after the victim turned down his friendship offer.

Reports in local media cited that a woman was attacked in the Paharipura area of Peshawar. The attacker is identified as Farhad, who is a resident of a remote Afghan Colony area, allegedly attacked him for refusing a friendship proposal.

The law enforcers soon after the incident registered a first information report (FIR) and carried out a series of raids but the attacker went into hiding after attacking the woman.

Later, upon receiving information SHO Paharipura Police Station Waris Khan conducted a raid and apprehended the accused. The man confessed to the heinous crime during the interrogation, saying that the victim refused the friendship proposal.

Source: Daily Pakistan