A chicken shop owner and nine others sustained burn injuries after a group of petty vendors allegedly threw acid on them following an altercation over the quality of chicken meat sold by the shop owner to the latter at Tippapur village in Vemulawada mandal around Thursday midnight.
The incident occurred when some vendors of Sapthagiri Colony picked up an argument with the chicken shop owner Harish alleging that the chicken meat purchased by them from his shop earlier in the day was of inferior quality and rotten. A heated argument ensued between them, which soon turned violent and ended in a clash, sources said.
In a fit of rage, the angry street vendors allegedly threw acid on Harish and several others, who reportedly intervened on behalf of the latter in the melee.
The street fight that unfolded in the midnight triggered panic among local residents.
Harish and nine others suffered multiple injuries in the incident. The injured were shifted to various hospitals in Sircilla and Karimnagar towns shortly after Thursday midnight. The condition of one of the injured was stated to be serious.
Those injured in the acid attack alleged that the assailants attacked them with sticks before pouring acid on them under the influence of ganja.
Sources said both the groups filed police complaints against each other after the incident.
