UP gang-rape survivor was forced to drink acid on train

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday announced security measures and ~1 lakh for a woman who was allegedly forced to drink acid by two men on board a train, marking the fourth such attack on her by the same group of suspects.

The same group of men had previously allegedly gang-raped her and attacked her with acid, all over a property dispute at her home in Unchahar.

CM Yogi Adityanath visited family members of the woman on Friday. Women welfare minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi announced a security cover for the woman and her daughter. The alleged crime came to light after the woman got off the AllahabadLucknow Ganga Gomti Express at Lucknow’s Charbagh station on Thursday morning and managed to scribble her plight on a piece of paper, which she gave to the government railway police.

The two suspects got on the train on the outskirts of Lucknow and forced her to drink acid around 10.30am on Thursday, sources said.

The two suspects got on the train on the outskirts of Lucknow and forced her to drink acid around 10.30am on Thursday, sources said.

“Acid probably entered her body and her throat area seems to be affected. She is unable to speak and is in tremendous pain,” said Ashish, a volunteer at Lucknow’s Sheroes Hangout Café, an outlet — run by acid attack survivors outlet — where the woman worked. The authorities called her friends, who took her to a local hospital.

The attending doctor said her condition was stable.