{"id":207963,"date":"2026-03-15T13:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=207963"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:08:45","slug":"acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/","title":{"rendered":"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A wave of panic swept through South Dinajpur&#8217;s Balurghat area on Sunday afternoon after a hospital worker was targeted in a brutal acid attack. The incident, which occurred in broad daylight on a busy street, has raised serious concerns about public safety in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Details of the Incident:<\/strong> According to eyewitnesses, the victim, an employee of the Balurghat District Hospital, was intercepted by an unidentified assailant while he was on the road. Without warning, the attacker splashed acid on him and fled the scene immediately. The victim sustained severe burn injuries on multiple parts of his body and was seen screaming in agony. Locals rushed to his aid and moved him to the Balurghat District Hospital, where he is currently undergoing emergency treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investigation Underway:<\/strong> The local police have arrived at the spot and initiated an investigation. While the motive behind the attack remains unclear, authorities suspect a personal vendetta or an old dispute. CCTV cameras in the vicinity are being scanned to identify the culprit. The medical fraternity in Balurghat has expressed outrage over the incident, demanding the immediate arrest of the perpetrator and enhanced security for healthcare workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wave of panic swept through South Dinajpur&#8217;s Balurghat area on Sunday afternoon after a hospital worker was targeted in a brutal acid attack. The incident, which occurred in broad daylight on a busy street, has raised serious concerns about public safety in the region. Details of the Incident: According to eyewitnesses, the victim, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-207963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-latest-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat - Ekjhalak English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat - Ekjhalak English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A wave of panic swept through South Dinajpur&#8217;s Balurghat area on Sunday afternoon after a hospital worker was targeted in a brutal acid attack. The incident, which occurred in broad daylight on a busy street, has raised serious concerns about public safety in the region. Details of the Incident: According to eyewitnesses, the victim, an [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekjhalak English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-15T08:08:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-338.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"588\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582\"},\"headline\":\"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-15T08:08:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat - Ekjhalak English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-15T08:08:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ekjhalak English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582\",\"name\":\"Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Author\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/author\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat - Ekjhalak English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat - Ekjhalak English","og_description":"A wave of panic swept through South Dinajpur&#8217;s Balurghat area on Sunday afternoon after a hospital worker was targeted in a brutal acid attack. The incident, which occurred in broad daylight on a busy street, has raised serious concerns about public safety in the region. Details of the Incident: According to eyewitnesses, the victim, an [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/","og_site_name":"Ekjhalak English","article_published_time":"2026-03-15T08:08:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":588,"url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-338.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Author","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/"},"author":{"name":"Author","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582"},"headline":"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat","datePublished":"2026-03-15T08:08:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/","url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/","name":"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat - Ekjhalak English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-15T08:08:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/acid-attack-shocker-hospital-employee-severely-burnt-in-broad-daylight-in-balurghat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Acid Attack Shocker! Hospital Employee Severely Burnt in Broad Daylight in Balurghat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/","name":"Ekjhalak English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582","name":"Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Author"},"url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/author\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}