KARACHI: A man threw acid on his wife and three children at Nusrat Bhutto Colony in Karachi on Friday night.
According to police, Asghar Ali, in collaboration with his nephews, poured acid on his wife and three innocent children and fled the scene.
The victims were rushed to Civil Hospital. The condition of Ali’s wife is said to be very critical while her children, Husnain, Waqas and Ahmed, have been discharged.
It was a dispute involving watta satta (exchanging brides between two families), children’s uncle told police.
The accused, he said, escaped after the assault.
