<i>Deserted, and now victim of acid attack</i>
Khushi Begum with her hapless child at the hospital.Photo: STAR
A woman and her two-year-old daughter received serious burn injuries as her ex-husband threw acid on them at Hizli Pabnapara village under Bagatipara upazila of the district on Friday night. The victims are Khushi Begum, 22, and her daughter Hashi Khatun of the same village. They were first admitted to Bagatipara Upazila Health Complex and then shifted to Natore Sadar Hospital. Police arrested the culprit, Alek Sheikh, 30, son of Bishu Sheikh, at their house at the village yesterday. Alek and Khushi were in love and they got married in 2007. As Alek's family did not accept it, he divorced Khushi in 2009. Khushi's father Nur Islam filed a case with a Natore court demanding subsistence (khorposh) allowance the same year. Khushi told this correspondent that Alek entered her room on Friday night and asked her to withdraw the case. "As I refused to withdraw the case, he (Akek) threw acid on us and fled the scene," Khushi said. Contacted, Dr Sakilur Rahman of Natore Sadar Hospital, said they will send Khushi and her daughter to Dhaka for batter treatment. Mirza Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge of Bagatipara Police Station, said they will press charges against the accused after investigation.
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