Police issue notice to Flipkart after accused reportedly bought acid online

Delhi Police has issued a notice to Flipkart in connection with the acid attack on a 17yearold girl in Dwarka after the accused had reportedly bought the acid through the ecommerce platformEarlier today the Delhi Commission for Women DCW wrote to the chief executive officers of Amazon and Flipkart in connection with the acid attack on a 17yearold girl in Dwarka and sought the reason for the availability of acid on the eshopping platformsThe DCW also expressed concerns over the illegal availability of acid on Amazon and Flipkart and said that it needs to be checked urgentlyA 17yearold girl was allegedly attacked with acid by two bikeborne men in Delhis Dwarka district area police said on Wednesday The girl has been referred to Safdarjung Hospital and is currently undergoing treatmentThe Commission has learnt that the accused person had bought acid through the online shopping portal Flipkart The Commission has also learnt that acid is easily available on leading online shopping platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart which is illegal The ease of availability of acid on online platforms is a matter of grave concern and needs to be checked urgently the letter duly signed by the Chairperson of the DCW readAlso Read Delhi 17yearold girl attacked with acid near Uttam NagarThe Commission further sought the details of sellers who have placed acid as a product on the two platformsPlease inform the reason for availability of acid on the eshopping platform Please provide complete details of sellers who have placed acid as a product on your platform Whether license of the seller was checked before posting the acid product on the online platform If not please provide reasons for the same Whether photo ids of those purchasing acid online were sought If yes please provide a complete list of the purchasers along with their photo ids If no please provide reasons for the same the letter statedIt also sought a copy of the license obtained by the platform for selling acid onlinePlease provide a copy of the policy adopted by the platform regarding sale of governmentregulated products online If there is no policy please provide reason for the same Please inform the steps taken for removing restricted items including acid from the online portal it readPlease provide details of persons responsible for allowing sale of acid on the portal along with details of action taken against them the letter addedThe Commission also sought a detailed report of the action taken in the matterMeanwhile Delhi Police has arrested all three accused for allegedly throwing acid at a 17yearold girl in the national capitals Dwarka this morningDwarka DCP M Harshvardhan on Wednesday said that the police have solved the case with the arrest of all three accusedThe police earlier detained one person in the case after the victim raised suspicion over two people known to her Later another boy emerged as a prime suspect in the acidattack acid attack incident on a minor girl in Delhi the Dwarka DCP said on WednesdayAccording to police a PCR call was received regarding the incident of throwing acid on a girl in the Police Station Mohan Garden areaIt was stated that a girl was allegedly attacked using some acidlike substance by two persons on a bike around 730 am this morning police saidThe girl was with her younger sister at the time of the incident She has raised suspicion over two persons known to them One person has been detained and further investigation is going on Delhi Police saidThe father of the victim said My two daughters were going to school at 729 am but later around 735 am my younger daughter returned home and told me that two boys have thrown acid on her elder sister The accused had their face covered which can be seen in a CCTV footageHer condition is not good and we are very worried We have spoken to the police the father addedThe mother of the victim said My younger daughter came rushing and told me that acid was thrown at her elder sister Her condition is not goodThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever