New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday (December 14, 2022) demanded public execution of the person who threw acid on schoolgirl in Delhi's Dwarka. Gambhir, a Lok Sabha MP from east Delhi, said that a "fear of immeasurable pain" needs to be instilled in those indulging in such crimes. "Words can't do any justice. We have to instill fear of immeasurable pain in these animals. The boy who threw acid at the school girl needs to be publicly executed by authorities," the cricketer-turned-politician said in a tweet. The 17-year-old schoolgirl has suffered eight per cent facial burns and her eyes have also been affected, police said, adding that she has been admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital's burn ICU ward and is stable. Two masked men on a bike flung acid on her minutes after she left her west Delhi home for school on Wednesday. Three people -- prime accused Sachin Arora and his two friends Harshit Aggarwal (19) and Virender Singh (22) -- have been arrested. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera and the class 12 student could be seen shaking vigorously after the attack that left her with burns to her face. The teen was with her younger sister when the attack took place at Mohan Garden near Uttam Nagar. Special Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Sagar Preet Hooda told a press conference that the acid used in the attack was procured through an e-commerce portal and payment was made by Arora through an e-wallet. In a statement, police said on the basis of technical evidence, it was found that the acid was procured on Flipkart. Police said prima facie, it appears that nitric acid was used in the attack and that the samples have been sent for forensic examination. The Police said that during interrogation, it was learnt that the prime accused and the acid attack victim were friends till September. They, however, then fell out and this led the accused to attack her.
