A girl has sustained serious injuries after she was attacked with acid and knife in Kawasoti of East-Nawalparasi. Santi Pariyar, 30, of Danda Harabasi in Kawasoti Municipality-16, was seriously injured after her neighbour Bima Shreepal, 37, attacked her with acid and knife on Monday.

According to DSP Lilaraj Lamichhane of East Nawalparai District Police Office, Pariyar was suddenly attacked while she was on her way home after shopping in the market last evening.

She was rushed to Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan with the help of locals. Police have arrested Bimal Shreepali.  

This is the latest incident in the recent spate of acid attacks. The incident happened on the very day another teenage victim of acid attack, Samjhana Kumari Das, succumbed to the injuries she sustained in acid attack. Das, 15, and her sister Sushmita had been undergoing treatment at Kirtipur Hospital after they were attacked with acid on September 12 while they were sleeping at heir house in Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat.