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17 injured in Nepal acid attack

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Press Trust of India Kathmandu

19-year-old Suresh Bajagain of Bayarbot village, located some 75-km east of Kathmandu, splashed the locals with acid during a meeting, which discussed expansion of a road in the area, turned violent, police said.

Two of the injured are in a critical condition, district police chief Surendra Prasad Mainali said, adding the teenaged boy has been taken into custody.

  

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First Published: Aug 29 2012 | 8:05 PM IST

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