Teacher throws acid on female student in Karachi over heated argument

• Incident took place in IT centre near Karachi's Nipa Chowrangi.
• Victim Alisha, her two uncles sustain burn injuries. 
• Police say teacher arrested; FIR filed against him. 

KARACHI: In a horrific incident, a teacher threw acid on his female student near Karachi's Nipa Chowrangi area after they engaged in a heated argument, police told Geo News on Sunday. 

The incident took place inside an IT centre near Nipa Chowrangi after which the teacher, named Iftikhar, was arrested by the police. 

The victim, Alisha, along with her two uncles Noman and Faizan sustained burn injuries and the three have been shifted to Civil Hospital's burns ward, added the police. 

According to law enforcement officials, a case has been registered at Aziz Bhatti Police Station on the complaint of the victim's maternal uncle Noman.

The first information report (FIR) said: "My niece had gone to take her IT certificate and Iftikhar and Arshad misbehaved with her in the centre."

The FIR added that the victim then went back home and complained to her uncles about the incident after which the uncles — Noman and Faizan — had gone along with her to the coaching centre. 

"Iftikhar and Waqar got angry at the coaching centre and the former took out acid from his pocket and threw it at us," he added. 

Acid thrown on teacher

On January 9, a 22-year-old female schoolteacher was injured in an acid attack in the Shahdara Town area of Lahore over the refusal of a marriage proposal.

On the day of the incident, she along with her brother was en route to school when the suspects, identified as Umar Farooq and Ghulam Mustafa, approached and threw acid on the victim.

She received serious burn injuries and was admitted to the hospital. The suspects fled the scene but Farooq — the prime suspect — was arrested later.