Ludhiana, Feb. 17 -- Panic gripped the Dugri area on Monday after an unidentified man allegedly threw acid on a 40-year-old woman labourer, leaving her with burn injuries on her face and eyes. The assailant escaped from the spot on a motorcycle. The woman was rushed to the civil hospital.

Hailing from Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh, the victim, who has been working as a daily-wage labourer in the city for several years, was in Guru Gyan Vihar locality for lunch when the incident occurred. Eyewitnesses said the attacker arrived on a bike wearing a yellow parna (a piece of cloth wrapped around head) and also a helmet, called the woman towards him on the pretext of some enquiry. As she approached, he poured acid from a bottle on her face ...