Victim suffers 12% burns
A man allegedly threw acid on his ex-wife, an employee at a hospital in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, this morning.
As the victim, Rahima Begum (45) — a medical assistant at Birdem hospital’s branch in Mirpur — was leaving the hospital around 6:30am after night duty, her ex-husband Abdul Ali threw acid on her and fled.
Rahima was later rescued and admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Dr Partha Sankar Paul, a residential surgeon at the institute, said Rahima had 12 percent burns on her body including her face.
According to the victim’s family members, Rahima — hailing from Biral upazila of Dinajpur and a resident of Natun Bazar area in Kalyanpur — got divorced from her husband Abdul Ali three months back.
Days after their divorce, Ali beat up Rahima and took away her salary, he said. Rahima filed a general diary with Mirpur Police Station in this regard, Miraj added.
Mustafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said the victim’s ex-husband was absconding and the process to arrest him was underway. No case has been lodged so far, the OC added.
