Youth ‘burns himself’ in Dhaka
A 26-year old youth allegedly set himself on fire in Sobhanbag area of Dhaka allegedly over a love affair this evening.
Suman Kumar Pal, who suffered 35 percent burns, poured kerosene on his body and set himself on fire around 7:00pm in front of the hostel of Dhaka Dental College, said Sub-inspector Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.
Suman, hailing from Jessore, was an engineering faculty student of a private university.
He burnt himself following an altercation with his “girlfriend”, who is also a student of the same university, one of his friends said.
Suman was undergoing treatment at DMCH’s burn and plastic surgery unit, the police official said.
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