Acid attack on 3 siblings in city
A miscreant threw acid on three siblings in the city's Lalbagh area last night.
The injured were identified as Parveen Begum, 38, her younger sister Parul Akhter Keya, 22, and their brother Mohammad Selim, 25, of Malitola Lane in Bangshal, Old Dhaka.
The sisters received burns on the faces and slightly on hands while the brother on the back. The victims took first aid at a local clinic and then were rushed to the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Selim with his sisters were retuning from an invitation on a rickshaw. Selim was pulling the rickshaw.
According to the victims, an unknown face threw acid on them when their rickshaw reached Lalbagh Dhal (slope) around 11:00pm.
The motive behind the acid-throw could not be known instantly.
Mohammad Selimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Lalbagh Police station, confirmed the incident.
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