Woman hurt in acid attack ‘by husband’
A woman suffered severe burns on her left cheek in an acid attack allegedly by her husband who, she claimed, was jealous of her interactions with a neighbour in the capital’s Pallabi yesterday.
Fahima Akhter, 26, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Talking to The Daily Star she claimed that her husband of eight years, Monir Hossain, a laundry shop employee, accused her of having an extramarital affair with the man. Monir is on the run, said police.
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