Laxmi Saa is the incredible survivor of an acid attack, committed by a friend’s 32-year-old brother.
Her crime? Saa had refused his proposal of marriage.
She was just 15 years old.
Saa spoke to the BBC about the attack: ‘It felt cold first. Then I felt an intense burning. Then the liquid melted my skin.’
There’s still a huge stigma in India surrounding acid attack survivors, and Saa spent many years hiding in her house until the death of her father.
After the shock of his death, Saa found the courage to start campaigning and speak out against the unregulated sale… Read the full story