Acid as a Bargaining Chip in Love and Marriage The recent attack on a sleeping family in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has left many shaken by its brutality.
Umesh Kashyap, a married man with five children, allegedly poured acid on Har Prasad, his wife Lakshmi, and their two young sons after Lakshmi repeatedly refused to marry him.
Kashyap's actions were motivated by a desire for marriage, a goal driven by societal pressures that place women in rural India at risk of harassment, abuse, and violence.