3 Students Suffer Third Degree Burns On Face In Acid Attack Near Mangaluru

Three second year Pre-University girl students of science stream suffered burns following an acid attack at the Government PU College at Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada district on Monday.

The Kadaba police arrested Abin, 23, an MBA student from Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district in Kerala, for throwing the acid. The police said that the youth was enraged as one of the girls had refused to love him.

Abin entered the college premises in uniform at about 9 a.m. and threw acid on the 17-year-old girl who was with her classmates. She suffered burns on her face and hands. Acid fell on two other girls who also suffered burns, the police said adding that the students were preparing to appear for Mathematics examination when they were attacked.