The Delhi Commission for Women said it had intervened to ensure the admission of an acid attack survivor in a leading college of Delhi University after the institute cancelled it, citing a procedural lapse.
The 17-year-old survivor was attacked by two bike riders who threw acid over her on December 14 last year when she was on her way to school.
In this regard, an FIR was registered, and the girl remained admitted to the hospital for treatment of injuries caused by the acid attack. Three people were arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the incident. The Commission visited the girl and has been in touch with the family to support her.
The Commission said that the girl is an excellent student, and she did not let the attack on her come in the way of her studies, and due to her hard work, she had passed all her exams. Recently, the Commission received a submission from the survivor regarding her admission to a leading university in Delhi. The girl submitted that she had been selected for admission to a coveted programme in a college affiliated with a leading university in Delhi.
She, however, informed the commission that her admission to the college had been cancelled as she could not present her EWS certificate on time. She informed the Commission that by the time she managed to receive her EWS certificate, the college had denied her admission, citing the procedural lapse.
The girl has been subjected to a heinous crime of acid attack only recently and still, she managed to overcome her grave trauma and clear the competitive examination for getting admission in a college in one of the leading universities in Delhi.