Two unidentified persons have attacked a woman with acid at Ghorahi, Dang on Thursday night.

The victim, Rita Chaudhary,32, was at her general store at Gulariya, Ghorahi municipality-2 when two unidentified assailants attacked her with acid, informed District Police Office. Chaudhary has sustained chemical burns to the left side of her face and neck.

Chaudhary has been taken to Kohalpur-based Teaching hospital after receiving primary treatment at Ghorahi-based Rapti Sub-resional Hospital.

District Police Chief SP Kuber Kathyat said that the assailants are yet to be identified and a search is underway to nab the perpetrators.