Most acid attack victims know their assailants — they're men they've dated, lived with, married, or even rejected. That's the case with Laxmi Agarwal — who's now using her experience to get acid banned in India.
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00:00There was acid in the glass, and they put their hands on my face and pushed me on the ground.
00:05And then they put the acid in my face and my hands and ran away at the same time.
00:30When I came to my senses, I was falling on the ground with my feet, my hands, my dupatta, my bag, my slippers.
00:47Everything was scattered and I was screaming, but no one helped me.
01:01And I was feeling very jealous, it felt like someone had set me on fire, my whole body was burning.
01:08And the mass was dripping from my hands, it was dripping from my face.
01:14Then I contacted him and talked to him.
01:31Later I came to know that Mr. Alok has been looking for me for the past four years.
01:35He has understood the pain.
01:45It is very difficult to understand the pain from the inside.
01:52These looks never matter because I think Laxmi is more beautiful.
01:59And Laxmi is beautiful because she is my girlfriend.
02:06I used to love Laxmi a lot, I used to find her very sweet.
02:09Gradually that love grew.
02:11It was difficult to fix a date.