Where most of acid victims are poor --- This happens in South Asian context where Romeo is son of powerful local people proposed a targeted (beautiful) girl for marriage without thinking of her consent. If the girl's family is poor or have no social stands the parents of victim as suffer as the victim herself mentally and socially. The perpetrators usually manage to escape punishment by manipulating witnesses and through threats. In such case, free legal aid or humanitarian agency plays important role for justice.

Source author: M. Humayun Kabir hkabir1971@gmail.com