Two youths suffered burns on their faces when a group hurled acid, used for cleaning toilets, on them at a temple festival in Samayanallur near here on Thursday.
The devotees were having “manjal aaraatu.” Even as they were hurling the water, two youths, Dinesh (24) and his friend Prabakar (25) suffered sudden pain and their faces started bulging with boils all over.
Investigations revealed that after the drums filled with water became empty, some youths threw cleaning acid, left near the water drums, on the duo mistaking it for water. Further investigations are on.