Victim of acid attack demands justice
Acid victim Ekhlas Sarker, 25, who is now undergoing treatment at Manikganj Sadar hospital, has demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.
He came under acid attack allegedly by one of his brothers at Bahora village of Daulatpur upazila on the night of April 12 as he came out of his house to respond to the call of nature.
Narrating the incident to this correspondent at the hospital on Friday, Ekhlas said he is the youngest of the four sons and two daughters of Nehed Ali, a farmer of the village who died recently.
He said his father gave three bighas of land to each of his four sons three years ago and since then they have been living separately.
Ekhlas claimed that his brothers Belayet, Delwar and Harun took their father Nehed Ali to Daulatpur sub-registry office four months ago and took all his properties in their names.
“As I informed the villagers of the matter they--Belayet, Delwar and Harunhad threaten me with death and the acid attack was part of the plan,” Ekhlas said.
He was admitted to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex and then referred to Manikganj Sadar Hospital.
“After admitting my husband to Sadar Hospital, I went to Daulatpur police station to file a case, but police refused to record my case,” said Ekhlas' wife Bobita.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Shawkat Alam denied the allegation, saying that nobody came to the police station to file any case relating to acid attack.
Bobita, however, filled a case with a Manikganj court accusing Belayet, Delwar, Harun and their two neighbours Moti and Monnaf. Police are yet to arrest any of the five accused.
Abu Taleb, investigation officer (IO) of the case, said the accused had gone into hiding soon after the incident.
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