Police yet to find reason
Three young girls of the same family suffered burns in their sleep, as miscreants poured acid on them at city’s Joynagar early yesterday.
The victims Muntahar Tarin, 20, her sister Salsarin Tasnim, 16, and their cousin Sharmin Farzana, 18, sustained burn injuries to their faces and other parts of their bodies.
They are currently undergoing treatment at the Burn Unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Dr SM Ashraf Ali of the CMCH Surgery Ward said, “Though the injuries were not severe, the burn marks will remain on their faces for life.”
Tarin was supposed to get married on October 10, sources said.
Rezaul Masud, assistant commissioner (AC) of Panchlaish Zone of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, said Tarin, her two brothers and Farzana were sharing a bedroom while Tasnim was sleeping in the next room. Their parents were not at home on that night.
The AC suspects the girls sustained the injuries around 5:30am and had the acid been pure, it could have caused more fatal injuries.
The victims live in an apartment on the third floor and both the gates leading into the building were locked, said the AC. “It does not seem likely that the act was done from the outside,” he said adding that it looked like an inside job to him.
The police are trying to unravel the mystery and track down the culprit.
