Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the state government will bear entire expenses for the treatment of the acid attack victim girl from Gurdaspur district and being shifted to burn unit of Fortis Hospital Ludhiana for further treatment.Condemning the attack on the girl student Prabhjot Kaur, school student of Singhpura village in district Gurdaspur, S. Badal said the state government will incur the entire expenditure on the treatment of the severely injured acid attack victim and all arrangements have been made to shift her to Ludhiana hospital having special unit for burn patients.Expressing solidarity with the victim, S. Badal said it was very unfortunate that this hapless girl became another victim of a heinous crime against humanity especially women. He said the state government will take every step to ensure that exemplary punishment is awarded to the accused involved in such dastardly act.
"Such offenders do not deserve leniency and they will be dealt with as per the law of the land by meting out the severest of the severe punishment to them so that it could act as a deterrent for others too," he said.The Deputy Chief Minister further said the state government would extend all cooperation and assistance to the victim's family in this hour of crisis.