“Who would have thought an acid attack and 17 surgeries later I would find love. But it happened. And it all started with a wrong number,” says the 26 year old, who also recently celebrated her wedding reception with Shankar.
Acid attack survivor Lalita Bansi ties the knot today with the man she loves Ravi Shankar..Proud moment for me as an Indian pic.twitter.com/qfwqoMASzh— Aditya Seal (@AdityaSeal5) May 24, 2017
When Lalita was attacked with acid by her cousin in a tragic incident 5 years ago, she was left with severe facial complications and disfiguration that required more than a dozen surgeries. She talks about how a small argument in 2012 changed her life forever. “So many surgeries later, too, my face was deformed. In need for change, I moved from Azamgarh to Kalwa in Thane near Mumbai,”
27 year old Ravi works as a CCTV operator at a private firm in Kandivli and got to know Lalita over the past two months, all thanks to a ‘wrong number.’
Shankar speaks of her new bride, “I liked her from the beginning. I had to only convince my mother to accept my choice. I had to make Lalita believe that she too had the right to a better life.”
Their wedding ceremony was also attended by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, who gifted the couple an apartment and also offered to pay for her surgeries in future.
Amazng luv stry of my lil sistr Lalita Bansi,an acid attack survivor,gt married 2day 2 n amazng man Ravi Shankar who luvs her fr who she is! pic.twitter.com/Pt4gLh0ASn— Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivek_oberoi) May 23, 2017
Wishing all the happiness to the newly weds.
The article includes excerpts of interview published in a Hindustan Times article.