13-05-2025
Chandigarh acid attack survivor among CBSE class 12 exam toppers, scores 95.6%
In an inspiring tale of resilience and determination, 17-year-old Kafi, a student at the Blind School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, has topped her school in the Class 12 board exams with an impressive score of 95.6 per cent. An acid attack survivor, Kafi aspires to pursue a Political Science Honours degree from Delhi University and dreams of becoming an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was subjected to an acid attack when she was just three years old by three neighbours living in the village of Budhana in Haryana's Hisar district out of jealousy. The attack left Kafi with severe burns on her face and arms, and she lost her eyesight. Despite this, Kafi did not give up and kept fighting to achieve her using audiobooks as her primary tool of study, Kafi diligently pursued her education and had earlier scored 95.2% in her Class 10 exams.
Kafi was attacked with acid during the festival of Holi in 2011 in her native village of Budhana. In an exclusive conversation, Kafi told India Today that three of her neighbours threw acid on her. Despite initial treatment at AIIMS Delhi, doctors informed the family that her vision could not be restored. "The doctors saved my life, but not my eyesight," she journey in education began in her village, where it took a decisive turn when she was admitted to the Blind School in Chandigarh in the sixth grade. Since then, Kafi has remained focused on her academic goals, consistently topping her father, a peon working on a contractual basis at the Mini Secretariat in Chandigarh, expressed immense pride in her achievements. Kafi has already appeared for the Delhi University entrance exam and is hopeful of securing despite the severity of the crime, the perpetrators of the acid attack are yet to be brought to justice. "Those who did this to me are still roaming free," Kafi Sumant and Gursharan Singh, also students of the Blind School, secured the second and third positions with 94 per cent and 93.6 per cent marks, respectively.
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