A schoolgirl was badly injured in an acid attack on Sunday night allegedly by her cousin in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj as the girl refused to enter into a relationship with him.
The girl, Hasina Khatun, 13, of Laxmipur village, is now undergoing treatment at Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) in the capital. Abdul Hamid, father of the victim, alleged that his nephew Dollar Sardar, 16, a student of class ten, had been offering Hasina, a class-seven student of a local girls’ school, to enter into a relationship with him for the last one year.
“Disturbed by his behaviour, we had arranged for my daughter’s marriage,” he said.
Hearing the news, Dollar a month ago had threatened to harm Hasina if she did not marry him.
“Dollar threw acid at Hasina through holes in the corrugated iron sheet of her room on Sunday around 10:00pm when she was studying there, leaving her injured,” Hamid alleged.
Abdul Hai Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Belkuchi Police Station, said on information, police rushed to the village, but both Dollar and his parents went into hiding.
The victim’s family did not file any case in this connection till yesterday afternoon.
As there is no specialised treatment at Sirajganj General Hospital, Hasina was brought to Dhaka and admitted to ASF.
“Hasina suffered about two percent burns in her face and elbow,” said on-duty doctor of ASF.
-With The Daily Star input
