Woman hurt as husband throws acid
A Moulvibazar court yesterday sent a man to jail on charges of throwing acid on his wife in Kulaura upazila.
Police arrested day labourer Cherag Mia, 37, on Thursday night, hours after the incident.
With burn injuries to the left hand and waist, victim Salma Begum, 30, was undergoing treatment at Kulaura Upazila Health Complex, said doctor Nurul Haque.
Cherag threw acid on Salma in front of their house in Dawlatpur village and fled, said Eardous Hasan, officer-in-charge of Kulaura Police Station, quoting locals.
A case was filed with the police station that night.
The couple got married six years ago and has a five-year-old son.
An aunt of the victim said Cherag used to torture Salma and put pressure on her to bring money from her father. After repeated such incidents, Salma recently decided to get separated from him and kept their son at her father’s house in the neighbouring village.
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