Delhi Acid Attack: DCW sends notices to Flipkart, Amazon on sale of acid after attack on student

NEW DELHI: A day after the horrifying acid attack on a 17-year-old girl in west Delhi on Wednesday, the Delhi Commission for Women issued notices to two e-commerce firms – Flipkart and Amazon – for allegedly allowing sale of acid on their platform.

The police arrested three men, including her neighbour, hours after the incident occurred on Wednesday morning. Police identified the accused as Sachin Arora (20) and his two associates Harshit Aggarwal (19) and Virender Singh (22), as per the PTI report.

The accused threw acid on the Class 12 student minutes after she left home for school. The girl reportedly sustained eight percent burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital's burn ICU.

The commission has learnt that the acid is easily available on leading online shopping platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart, which is “illegal”. The DCW has found that the accused bought acid through Flipkart.

Calling the easy availability of acid online a matter of grave concern, the DCW sought a detailed action taken report from the two firms by December 20. It further asked to inform the reasons for the availability of acid in an e-shopping platform.