"I thought what little I could do from my side not as a judge but as a human being. I substituted my daughter or my sister in her place and that's how I responded'', he added.

In 2004, Anu worked as a bar dancer at Delhi's Rajdoot Hotel and was only 25 when she was attacked by the brother of a fellow dancer who was jealous of her.

On Deceber 19, 2004, as Anu stepped into an auto to go to Rajdoot Hotel, a man lifted his shawl and hurled acid at her face. The man was her friend Meena Khan alia Simran's brother.