Bhagalpur: In a horrific incident a teenager in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district was badly injured after her neighbour threw acid on her as she resisted an attempt to gang rape by a group of four youths, police said on Saturday.

“The culprit, Prince, along with three other persons barged into the victim’s house and tried to molest her while keeping her mother at gunpoint. When the girl resisted, they threw the acid on her face. We have recovered a gun from the spot” Deputy Superintendent of Police Roop Ranjan Hargave told media.

The 16-year-old Class 11 student is battling for her life in a hospital.

The police have arrested two suspects in the case, Bhagalpur Senior Superintendent of Police Ashish Bharti said.

With inputs from IANS