An 18-year-old girl was severely injured when two unidentified men threw acid on her in Delhi, police said on Friday. “Garima was returning after attending her tuition classes in the Jangpura extension on Thursday evening when the incident occurred. She was burnt on her back, face and chest and was rushed to the Safdarjung hospital,” a police official said.

According to her father Mohan Lal, Garima was walking towards her house when the two unidentified men threw acid on her.

“The men threw acid on my daughter from behind. She could not see them as she was severely injured and immediately fell down,” added Mohan Lal.