Preeti Rathi

Mumbai acid attack: Parents agree to cremate victim

Parents of 23-year-old Preeti Rathi, who died in Mumbai on 1 June following an acid attack, have finally agreed to cremate her. Initially, her grieving parents refused to perform the last rites demanding that police arrest her assailant first.

Mumbai acid attack: Maharashtra to hand over case to CBI

The Maharashtra government on Monday decided to hand over the Mumbai acid attack case to the CBI. The decision came after the woman's family threatened to block the Delhi-Haryana border in protest.

Rs 2 lakh compensation to acid attack victim insulting: Sushma

The compensation of Rs 2 lakh paid by the Congress-led Maharashtra government to the Delhi acid attack victim was "grossly inadequate" and "insulting", BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said on Monday, two days after the 23-year-old died in a Mumbai hospital.

Delhi nurse, attacked with acid at Bandra, dies

A nurse from Delhi who was attacked with acid 2 May in Mumbai died on Saturday, her grieving family said.

Mumbai acid attack victim critical after suffering lung collapse in hospital

Twenty days after she sustained severe injuries and lost an eye in an acid attack, Bombay hospital doctors said that Preeti Rathi's right lung has collapsed, making her condition 'very critical'.