Girl faces acid attack

A college girl was

seriously injured when a youth allegedly threw acid on her face for not accepting his marriage proposal here, police said today.

Abhi Saha (25) threw acid on the face of the girl when she was returning home from college yesterday, Superintendent of Police A Ravindranathan said.

The girl, admitted to the district hospital here in a critical condition, alleged that the unemployed youth had been disturbing her for a long time with a marriage proposal which she rejected.

The youth was arrested.