Bengaluru: In compliance with the recent Supreme Court directives, the state government has raised cash compensation to acid attack victims from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh, according to sources.
Regardless of the percentage of burns sustained, the victims will get cash compensation of Rs 3 lakh, stated Karnataka State Commission for Women.

There are as many as 111 incidents of acid attacks reported in the state between 2003-04 and 2012-13 and over Rs 92.21 lakh total compensation has been paid to the victims.

In April this year, one incident of acid attack was reported from Sringeri town where two unidentified people threw acid on a 35-year-old woman.

State government is all set to issue the modified Karnataka Poisons (Possession and Sale) Rules, 2015 under the Poisons Act 1919, a Central legislation, to regulate the sale of acid and other corrosive substances listed under the Act.

The rules, which had been finalised by the state government, among others, include a complete ban of counter sales of acid unless the seller maintains a register recording the sale of acid, to whom it was sold and its quantity, after ascertaining the identification of the buyer, his address and the purpose for procuring acid.

It also specifies that no acid shall be sold to any person below 18 years of age, the sources added.