Ahilyanagar, March 18 -- Acid was thrown at a 13-year-old girl by an unidentified assailant in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar district on Tuesday, March 17. The girl suffered from severe facial burn injuries and is undergoing treatment.

The incident took place in the Vadgaon Pan village under the Sangamner municipal council.

The survivor, a Class 6 student, was returning home on a bicycle from school at around noon when she was attacked. The accused threw an acidic substance on her while she was on a kuccha road, passing through the farm.

The assailant fled the scene immediately after throwing acid.

The girl's parents and other residents intervened when they heard her shouts and immediately rushed her to Pravaranagar Hospital in Loni, wher...