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He said police cannot start investigation on the basis of hearsay until the victims themselves make a statement to the police. Both the acid attack victims, in their early 20s, are undergoing treatment at Sadar hospital, Ara For the reasons best known to them, both did not give any statement or lodged any formal complaint despite several attempts by the police till Sunday afternoon. When we ask, the duo only say they will give it later. ARA: Bike-borne miscreants threw acid on a man and a woman under mysterious circumstances near Kasturba school at Amorja on Saturday when they were travelling by a motorbike on the Ara-Sasaram state highway under the Charpokhari police station area of Bhojpur district. Our investigation can only make progress when they make a statement or lodge a complaint.”When asked about some reports that both the victims made contradictory statements and constantly kept changing their statements before the locals, the SHO said they were extremely cagey about revealing their true identity..