Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) Sagar Preet Hooda said the accused have been arrested and they ordered acid (nitric acid) online on Flipkart to attack the girl.
Updated – Fri, 12/16/22 at 03:47pm
Hyderabad: The acid attack on a 17-year-old girl in Dwaraka sparked outrage in Delhi on Wednesday. Two men on motorcycles threw acid on the girl as she was going to school. The teen suffered injuries to her face, eyes and neck and was rushed to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for treatment.
Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) Sagar Preet Hooda said the accused have been arrested and they ordered acid (nitric acid) online on Flipkart to attack the girl.
The Women’s Council of Delhi has issued a notice to Flipkart asking it to explain why the banned acid is being sold on its platform and to provide the name of the seller who sold the acid.
“The committee has learned that the accused brought acid through the online shopping portal Flipkart. The committee has also learned that acid is easily available on leading online shopping platforms like Amazon and Flipkart and it is illegal,” said Delhi Women’s Committee. The notice reads.
In July 2013, the Supreme Court banned the sale of unlicensed over-the-counter acid following an acid incident in India. The Supreme Court also directed the state government to pay Rs 3 lakh to victims of the acid attack.
“Flipkart” started trending online as netizens blasted e-commerce site for selling acid online, and more than 19,000 tweets.
“High kudos to @DelhiPolice. Flipkart should not go unpunished. They have turned e-commerce into an open playground with no rules. We condemn and call on @CimGOI Shri @PiyushGoyal to intervene immediately @CAITIndia,” said Secretary of the Confederation of All India Traders Long Praveen Khandelwal writes.
“SC has banned the sale of acid. Who is responsible for this crime? Flipkart or an incompetent ministry? Someone should be responsible,” wrote one user.
Check out some of these other responses:
Acid sales are rampant on Flipkart and Amazon despite the ban.president of delhi women’s committee @SwatiJaiHind
Towards #Flipkart #amazon Seek answers. #acid attack #derrypolice #DelhiAcidAttack pic.twitter.com/SAKTVVMgN6– Priya Yadav (@yadav4priya) December 15, 2022
They should be punished quickly and publicly. @Flipkart and @amazonIN They should be asked how to sell dangerous acid on their platform.
– Ajay 🇮🇳 (@ajay_uk12) December 16, 2022
It is our social responsibility to wake up and continue to wake up.
Selling acid is a public ban, but companies like it @Flipkart Participate in the role of criminals by supplying online.
Cases should also be registered in #Flipkart Let everyone learn their lesson.@PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/KRhv4eKSsC— Yogesh Pandey #AkshatChamp (@AkshatChamp21) December 16, 2022
how @Flipkart and @amazonIN Reasons for selling acid on their e-commerce site without verifying buyer and proper identification despite SC ruling?
Will they be responsible for the recent acid attack? #derry girl.#PoisionAct#acid attack—PallabDN_IND (@PallabDN_IND) December 16, 2022
The recent acid attack on a schoolgirl in Delhi shows how freely the deadly substance is available.good one @derrypolice hs sent notice to Flipkart. They are also to blame for not removing the substance from their stockpile. Business cannot (and cannot) override human life.
— Larissa Kumaramangalam (@kumaramangalaml) December 16, 2022
Yes, but acid was still used. The same goes for Flipkart. Is Law Enforcement Really Working If Online Platforms Are Openly Selling?
— -_- (@notearthyhuman) December 15, 2022
