NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl was hospitalised with serious facial injuries after two men on a bike threw acid at her in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area today.

A youth allegedly threw acid on a schoolgirl near Delhi’s Dwarka area on Tuesday morning. The girl, a class 12th student, is currently undergoing treatment at Safdarjung hospital, and as per the preliminary report, she is stable, police said.

Delhi police have detained one person in connection with the case, on the basis of the family’s statement, while a lookout for the second suspect is underway.

According to M. Harsha Vardhan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), a police control room (PCR) call was received around 9 a.m. regarding an acid attack incident in the Mohan Garden area.