Lahore police arrest youngster for allegedly throwing acid on transgender's face

Lahore: Police arrested a young man who allegedly threw acid on the face of a transgender on Wednesday.  

DIG Operations Captain (retired) Muhammad Sohail Chauhdry said 23-year-old Kinza, daughter of Asghar Ali, was standing  near Railway Lines Basti Sayyadan Shah around 6pm.

Hamza came with one unknown accomplice and threw acid on Kinza's face. She was shifted to Services Hospital by police, he added.

The victim was discharged after medical treatment.

On the pointation of victim, police raided the residence of the accused and in just three hours arrested Hamza.

The DIG said raids were on to arrest the co-accused.