PATNA: Police in eastern India were searching on Friday for six men who allegedly chopped off a 19-year-old man’s fingers before pouring acid into his eyes following a minor dispute, an officer said.

The man was recovering in hospital following the attack late on Thursday in which most of his fingers were hacked off in a village in Bihar state, local police superintendent Chandrika Prasad said.

“He was attacked, beaten half dead, his fingers chopped off and acid poured into his eyes by some people over a dispute,” said Prasad, from Samastipur district where the attack took place.

“Police have began an investigation into the case and raided several places to arrest the named accused in the case, who are absconding after the shocking incident,” he said.

Published in Dawn, June 14th, 2014

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