Pak restaurant manager arrested for serving acid in water bottles at birthday party

In a shocking incident from Pakistan, Lahore Police arrested a restaurant manager for serving acid in water bottles at a birthday party at Poet Restaurant in historic Greater Iqbal Park. The police have brought a case against the restaurant manager and five others under section 336 B for the punishment of harm caused by corrosive substances of the Pakistani Penal Code.

As of now, Survivors are being treated at a nearby hospital. The complainant, Muhammad Adil, said he had a family birthday party at the restaurant. He noted that his nephew Ahmad's hands and arms suffered from burn injuries after he washed his hands with it, while his niece Wajiha started vomiting as she drank the acid from one of the bottles served.

Adil was quoted by the news agency PTI as saying, As the staff served the water bottles, my nephew Ahmad washed his hands with it. Soon after, he started crying and we saw that his hands and arms suffered burn injuries as acid contained the water bottle. The restaurant is closed for now and there is a probe into the matter. A Pakistani police officer stated that this is a strange incident and we are looking at it from all angles.