SC asks Centre: People dying every day of acid attacks, what are you doing?!

July 09, 2013 12:39

Just in: The Supreme Court has pulled up the Centre for not being serious in framing a scheme to curb the sale of acid to prevent acid attack cases. The Supreme Court today told the Centre, "People are dying every day because of acid attacks, but you are not worried about it. If the government fails to come out with a scheme, we would pass an order on curbing easy availability of acid in the market."

Also read: Acid attack victim's family demands CBI probe

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