Five persons were injured in an acid attack on them by a neighbour at a village in Madhubani district, a police officer said today.
The incident took place at Mahrail village last night as the assailant Gulam Ansari took out acid from his vehicle and hurled it at five members of a neighbouring family following a dispute between the two sides, Rudrapur police station in-charge Pradeep Kumar said.
The injured persons have been admitted to a Sub-Divisional Hospital at Jhanjharpur, he said.
Ansari has been arrested after one of the acid attack victim Anwar Ansari lodged a case against five persons, including Gulam Ansari, for the attack on his family members, Kumar said.
Raids were being carried out to nab the other accused persons, the police officer said.
