Swaraj meets Russian acid attack victim's mother

April 18, 2016 21:35

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on met mother of a 23-year-old Russian woman who was attacked with acid in Varanasi in November last year and assured her of severe punishment to the guilty.

Swaraj told Antonina Prokina, the mother of the victim, that trial in the case has begun and that she was in touch with Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav in connection with the case so that the man behind the attack does not escape strong punishment. The Russian national had suffered 46 per cent burn injuries after a local youth threw acid on her on November 13 in Nand Nagar area of Varanasi. "He (the accused) had applied for bail but a court has rejected it. The trial in the case has already begun. I am in touch with the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and told him that he must get harshest of the punishment," Swaraj told Antonina.

The mother of the girl met Swaraj -- who arrived in Moscow on Sunday on a two-day visit -- at the hotel where the minister is staying.

Antonina, accompanied by her elder daughter Yana, explained to Swaraj the trauma the family was undergoing following the incident. The family stays at the Moscow region.

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