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News has surfaced from Varanasi, a 23-year-old Russian woman sustained burns and severe injuries on her face, eyes, hands and body in an acid attack on Friday morning in Varanasi. She was staying as a paying guest at Hriday Lal Srivastava’s house, located in Nand Nagar colony in the heart of Varanasi. She had stayed at the same house for three months during a previous visit. She was there to learn music and have been staying there from past few months. She told the police that Hriday’s grandson, Siddhartha Srivastava, attacked her and hurled acid at her around 4am, when she was sleeping in the balcony of her third-floor room, raising concerns about the continuing easy accessibility of acid despite orders restricting their sale. It is said that the women had sustained serious eye injuries. The next 72 hours will be very critical. A plastic surgeon has also examined her. It is said that she is being given the best possible treatment. It is very sad as we have been hearing about this kind of news time and again specially from India. It is not clear why people think that life is so invaluable.