Two boys, mother injured in acid attack

Two minor boys and their mother were injured in an acid attack near Birati railway station in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district today.
Police said locals who witnessed the incident beat up the 50-year old attacker.
The children, their mother and their attacker were all hospitalised, the police said.
The boys are aged eight years and ten years and reside with their mother in a hut outside the station. The family had a dispute with the man, a neighbour.
The attack today was result of the dispute, the police said adding the boys' father works outside the state.