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which helps survivors of acid attacks, funding surgeries and other treatments for people recovering from an attack. Every year in India there are more than 100 reported acid attacks, mainly on women, but Prasun believes the real figure exceeds 1,000. As of 2019, the foundation had supported more than
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her with acid as she was sleeping. Fellow passengers including a doctor helped to care for Prasun before she was taken to a hospital with 47% burns. The perpetrator was arrested when he tried to attack Prasun again the next day and was handed a prison sentence of four and a half years. After nine
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314:"Looking at the face of courage"
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248:. 24 February 2020.
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