'Make nation free of acid attacks'

CPN (UML) Chairperson and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said the scar of acid attack-survivors is blight to entire society.

Inaugurating a film production based on a true story of an acid-survivor teenage girl here Sunday, Oli, also the former Prime Minister, called for building a nation free of acid attacks.

Pressing for stringent punishment for the acid-attackers, he called for systematic and strict sales of such harmful substances. He vowed to discuss the issues relating to acid attack-survivors with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.

On the occasion, acid-survivor Muskan Khatun said she was motivated by the movie. Calling for launching awareness drive on acid-attacks, she highlighted the need for introducing draconian laws against the perpetrator and taking strict actions against those involved in this 'heinous' crime.

Similarly, movie producer Ramit Dhungana shared that real pain of the acid-survivor would be shown in the screen.

Parliamentarians Gyan Bahadur Shahi and Sunita Baral pledged to raise voice in favor of acid attack survivors. Actor Dhiren Shakya expressed his happiness over the movie to be made on the real-life story.