This next story is terribly sad. How unrequited love can turn a man into a monster is illustrated in the story below. One Asma Yacoob is now fighting for her life after spurning the advances of a Muslim man who retaliated by bathing her in acid.
The 25-year-old Christian woman in based Sialkot, Pakistan was attacked by the 30-yr-old suspect, Rizwan Gujjar, who left her disfigured.
The victim has been working as a beautician for the last two years and was making a good living.
Rizwan often visited Nabeel(the ladies brother) at his family home and during one of such visits, he met and fell in love with Asma.
Asma had been friendly to Rizwan because of his relationship with her brother but 3 months ago when the suspect asked for Asma’s hand in marriage, she turned him down flat.
Asma did not embarrass the suspect by informing her family of the development, especially out of concern for her brother.
Rizwan soon developed a harsh attitude towards Asma and being unable to control his feelings, planned to attack her.
On April 10, 2018, Rizwan fulfilled his revenge plan. He used a pretext to meet Asma. As soon as she reached the meeting spot, he covered Asma with large amounts of acid, then lit the flammable solution before fleeing the scene.
Asma screamed as the fire engulfed her but the bride’s family quickly put out the flames and rushed Asma to the nearby Civil Hospital.
Asma’s family were later informed that Asma had little chance of survival because she had suffered 90% burns and the hospital had no special burns unit.The victim was later taken to Mayo Hospital, Lahore.
Asma is recovering very slowly now after being admitted for the past 10 days but doctors fear even the slightest infection could kill her.
Rizwan has since been arrested after Asma’s family lodged a report with the Haji Pura Police Station on the day of the attack. The police have reportedly begun an investigation into the case after which Rizwan will be charged to court.
This is not the first time acid has been used in Pakistan to harm a woman. This past week, 3 girls, including a sister duo, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, suffered burn injuries in an acid attack on Thursday.
They were allegedly attacked by the sisters’ uncle for rejecting a marriage proposal, according to media reports.
