Acid attack burns housewife in city

A housewife sustained serious burn injuries as a miscreant hurled acid on her at Jhauchar in Hazaribagh in the city on Monday, reports UNB.

The victim was identified as Aklima Khatun (25), wife of Zobayer Hossain.

Zobayer said when Aklima along with her daughter was going to a local school in the morning a young man hurled acid on her. Locals rushed to the spot after hearing Aklima's scream but the miscreant managed to flee, he said. The victim is now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.