Shopkeeper throws acid at boy for shouting

A shopkeeper reportedly poured acid on a boy playing outside his shop at Gandhi Nagar area of Shahdara, the police said today.

The 7-year-old boy was apparently shouting and the accused threw acid at him yesterday, they said.

The boy managed to flee the spot and is undergoing treatment, the police said.

We are on the lookout for the accused, they added.