KARACHI: A man who recently attacked a woman with acid in the Gizri area of Karachi has been arrested in Punjab, police said on Saturday.
South DIG Syed Asad Raza said the suspect, Husain Buksh, had fled to his native place in Rajanpur where he has been apprehended on a lead provided to the Sindh Police.
The officer said a letter was written to the Karachi police chief to approach the Sindh home department through the inspector general of police to accord necessary permission to the investigation police to dispatch a police team to Rajanpur for transfer of the suspect to Karachi.
On Sept 3, an unknown person threw acid on Mumtaz Ismail, 35, and fled.