Husband among 3 jailed till death for acid attack on wife

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a husband along with two of his accomplices to jail until death in a case filed for throwing acid on his wife in April 2014.

The convicts are Suruj Alam Khan, husband of the victim; Shafiul Islam Ripon and Salim Howlader alias Selim Howlader.

The court fined Suruj Tk 50 lakh, which will be given to the victim. If Suruj fails to pay the fine, the money will be paid by selling his property, the court said.

According to the prosecution, Suruj used to forbid his third wife Mahfuza Akhter Suborna to continue working at a garment factory. As Suborna refused to comply with that, Suruj along with the two accomplices on April 7, 2014, threw acid on his sleeping wife at their Rupnagar residence in the capital's Mirpur area. Suborna was admitted to DMCH for treatment. 

After the incident, a case under the Acid Control Act was filed against Suruj and two others with Rupnagar Police Station. Advocate Salma Ali of Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association stood on behalf of the victim.