Woman dies as neighbours set her on fire
A woman was burned to death allegedly by her neighbours after her son eloped with their daughter.
Laily Akhter, 38, of Mymensingh city's Char Ishwardia area, breathed her last in the capital's Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Tuesday.
Laily's husband Abdur Rashid filed a murder case with Kotwali Model Police Station accusing nine people, said Mohammad Shah Kamal Akanda, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station.
Police arrested two persons in connection with the case, he added.
According to the police official, Sirajul Islam, 20,son of the victim, and Khuki, 18, daughter of Kajol Khoka, sought their families' permission for marriage.
When the families refused to accept their relationship, the duo fled home on June 26.
"Around 9:00am on Tuesday, the girl's mother Aysha Akter Kona, 38, and her two sisters-in-law -- Nasreen Akter, 36, and Asma Akter, 38, -- went to the Sirajul's house and got involved in an argument with Laily," said the OC, quoting the case statement.
At one stage of the altercation, they tied Laily's hands and feet and set her on fire, injuring her critically, said the OC.
Locals rescued Laily and rushed her to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
Doctors there referred her to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
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