Acid Attack: No More A Gender Specific Menace Rai Srishti1, Pathak Manoj Kumar2,*, Rohini3 1Research Scholar, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 3Research Scholar, Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Manoj Kumar Pathak, Professor and Head, Forensic Medicine Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India: Mobile No. 9450179177: Email- drmanojpathak@gmail.com
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract A significant number of acid attack victims are men but those cases generally go unreported, the society has sympathy for the female acid attack survivors but fails to address the issue when male victims are involved. Their cases are neither highlighted nor their issues addressed. The violence devastates the victim, disfigures and disables them. Men hardly receive any co-operation from legal system. It is surprising how as a society we discriminate the agony of a person if one's gender is male. In case of acid attacks on men, the reasons are basically revenge and jealousy. Acid attacks are heinous crime, irrespective of the gender who suffers because of it. We need to understand that acid attack against men generally are under reported but this does not lessens the severity of crime or the trauma that the victim has to face. Top Keywords Vitriolage, Grievous Hurt, Male Acid Attack, Heinous Crime, Eschar. Top |