Rivals inflict cigarette burns on housewife
Criminals cut hair of a woman and burnt parts of her body with the burning butt of a cigarette over land dispute at Madarbari village in Sadar upazila early yesterday.
The victim is Sakhina Begum, 35, wife of Jilal Pramanik of the village. She is now undergoing treatment at Pabna Medical College Hospital.
Lying in the hospital bed, Sakhina said a gang swooped on their residence around 2:00am and tied her husband to a tree and started beating him with iron rods.
“They also tied me to the tree and cut my hair and burnt the body with the burning butt of a cigarette,” she said.
Hearing screams, locals rushed to the spot and rescued them and sent her to the hospital. However, the criminals managed to flee the scene.
The victim’s husband Jilal said there was a longstanding conflict between him and one Shajahan over 14 decimals of land.
As Shajahan and his men earlier attempted to grab the land by making a false document, he filed a case, said Jilal, adding that “After getting bail, they started harassing us to withdrew the case.”
Jilal blamed Shajahan and his men for the attack.
A case was filed, accusing five people including Shajahan yesterday, said Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station Md Nasim Ahmed.
They are raiding different areas to arrest the accused, said the OC.
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