Victims of Acid-Attack in India - Remedies and Rehabilitation

Abstract

Acid-attack incidences are a grave menace. It is a global issue. In India it has been on the rise during the last decade. The victims of such an attack are mostly women. Though Acid-attack is a crime which can be committed against any man or woman, it has a specific gender dimension in India. Most of the reported Acid-attacks have been committed on women, particularly young women for spurning suitors, for rejecting proposals of marriage, for denying dowry etc. The attacker cannot bear the fact that he has been rejected and seeks to destroy the body of the woman who has dared to stand up to him.