Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday expressed doubts over an alleged acid attack on a gang rape victim, saying “it needs to be seen if actually an attack happened”. “It needs to be seen if actually an attack happened. “This turns out to be the sixth acid attack on the woman. She was kept in a secure place under police protection,” he said, referring to his visit to the King George Medical University in March following an earlier acid attack. The woman works at Lucknow’s Sheroes Hangout Café, which is run by several acid attack survivors.

Source: Hindustan Times July 02, 2017 09:33 UTC