KAPILVASTU: A woman has been subjected to an acid attack at Maharajgunj municipality-1 in Kapilvastu.
Bedamati Devi Gupta, 51, belongs to the same locality.
Ward Police Office Chandrauta’s Police Inspector Dipesh Kharel said she is out of a life-threatening condition.
Her neighbor Hari Naryan Barai threw acid on her body when Gupta insisted he should pay for a cricket bat he had broken.
Accused Barai is the owner of a battery repairing center.
Police have, meanwhile, confiscated five liters of acid from his shop.
He will be tried under a murder attempt case, police said.
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