A 30-year-old woman working as a house maid sustained major burn injuries here Friday after two men on a motorcycle poured acid on her and fled, police said.
Police officer Shiv Shankar Yadav told IANS that one of the accused had been identified as Lakhan Singh, who the woman had refused to marry.
The incident occurred at Crossings Republik, a newly developed township in Vijay Nagar.
The woman was returning home at about 8.30 a.m. when the attackers threw acid on her. She suffered about 30 percent burn injuries on the left side of her face, chest and arm.
Police rushed her to a hospital, where doctors said she was stable. "The victim originally hails from Madhepura in Bihar," said the officer.