K’taka CM assures job for acid attack survivor

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a job for an acid attack survivor during a public meeting at his residence, on Friday.

The survivor who is a postgraduate, along with her parents, had come to seek his help in the Janata Darshan programme.

After hearing her woes, Siddaramaiah gave directions for her appointment on a contract basis job.

The survivor’s jilted lover attacked her on April 28, 2022.

The attacker Nagesh, who was waiting in an auto near the workplace of the girl in Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru, had chased and poured acid on her.

The survivor, a 23-year-old woman, had to undergo multiple surgeries at the hospital and battled for life.

The girl had sustained 35 per cent burn injuries.

Karnataka police had submitted a 770-page charge sheet to the court in connection with this acid attack case.

The police said that the accused studied in the same school as the victim in SSLC (Class 10). He turned into a spurned lover and after outright rejection from the girl, attacked her.

As many as 92 witnesses were named in the charge sheet submitted to the 13th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court. The investigators have also submitted statements of two eyewitnesses taken under IPC Section 164.

Nagesh was missing since April 28 and managed to give police the slip by disguising himself as a religious seer in a saffron robe. In the guise of devotees, the police entered the ashram and after working tirelessly managed to get clues about him and finally nabbed him. When he tried to escape, the police had to shoot him in the leg.

To nab the attacker, the Karnataka police formed ten special teams as the pressure came from all quarters for delaying his arrest.

Finally, after 16 days, Kamakshipalya police arrested him in Tiruvannamalai City in Tamil Nadu.

In a strange turn of events, Nagesh aka Acid Naga, in judicial custody in Karnataka has been afflicted with gangrene and faces the threat of losing his leg, according to sources.

Reacting to the development, the survivor told the media that she is not happy about it. This punishment has come from God but the punishment from court is yet to come. "My life is not like before, it has changed a lot. I need multiple surgeries for which I keep visiting hospitals frequently. God has punished him," she reiterated.

With inputs from IANS