Acid hurled at woman in city
Saturday, 29 August 2015
A woman was injured in an acid attack by miscreants at West Matuail in Jatrabari area of Dhaka city on Friday night. The victim was identified as Piya Pakhi, 50, wife of Ruhul Amin of Bishadpur village in Ataikula upazila of Pabna district. She resides at West Matuail in the city’s Jatrabari area. Quoting the victim, assistant sub-inspector Setu Chandra Das, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital police camp, said criminals, including Munna and Shah Alam, two well known extortionists of the area, threw acid on Piya when she was returning home at about 9:30 pm, leaving her injured. Injured Piya was admitted to the burn unit of DMCH. Piya had filed a case five months back against Munna and Shah Alam with Jatrabari Police Station for demanding a sum of money from her as toll, according to a news agency.
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