Four accused held after 2 months
Following a directive from the High Court (HC) on Tuesday, law enforcers in separate drives early Wednesday arrested four people in connection with a case filed for hurling acid on a housewife in Kachua upazila on October 2 this year.
The arrestees are Saddam Hossain Russel, 26, Babul, 32, Alauddin, 35, and Shahin, 26, of Tulpai village in the upazila. Three other accused in the case--Shahin, 28, Sabuj, 23, and Liton, 28,--are still on the run.
In response to a writ petition filed by the victim's husband on November 22, the HC on Tuesday directed police to arrest the culprits, who threw acid on Nazma Begum, 28, in 72 hours, and to submit a report before it in two weeks after complying with the order.
According to the case statement, a gang of 6/7 criminals threw acid on Nazma at Tulpai village when she went out of their room to respond to the call of nature around 10:00pm on October 2.
The following day, Nazma's husband Ismail Hossain filed a case with Kachua Police Station accusing seven people, including Russel, under the Acid Control Act-2002.
But due to unknown reason, police failed to arrest any of the accused, who are reportedly very influential.
Sub-inspector Mosharraf Hossain of Chandpur Court Police said the arrestees were produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday noon.
Judge Md Kaisar Mossarraf Yousuf cancelled their bail prayer and sent them to jail.
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