13 Facts About Laxmi Agarwal

In 2005, Laxmi Agarwal was 15 years old and an 11th-grade student.

Laxmi Agarwal was approached by a man working in her neighbourhood, Naeem Khan, who was 32 years old.

Laxmi Agarwal did not inform anyone about this because her family would have blamed her and stopped her studies.

Ten months later, Laxmi Agarwal Agrawal was returning from Khan market at 10:45 in the morning when she received Naeem's wedding proposal again.

When Laxmi Agarwal turned to look, Naeem threw acid directly at her face from the backseat.

Laxmi Agarwal fainted and after gaining consciousness, she tried to walk up and ask for help but met with multiple road accidents.

Laxmi Agarwal admitted her to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Laxmi Agarwal reached her house, informed her family, and took them from their house to the hospital.

In 2006, Laxmi Agarwal filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court of India seeking framing of a new law, or amendment to the existing criminal laws like Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act and Code of Criminal Procedure, for dealing with the offence of acid attack, besides asking for compensation.

Laxmi Agarwal pleaded for a total ban on the sale of acid, citing an increasing number of incidents of such attacks on women across the country.

Laxmi Agarwal was in a live-in relationship with social activist Alok Dixit, and the couple has separated in 2015.

Laxmi Agarwal wrote a poem describing her situation during the incident.

Laxmi Agarwal starred in the 2014 short documentary Newborns directed by Megha Ramaswamy as herself.