Setting fire on girl: Family demands justice
Family members of a minor girl of Patuakhali, who is undergoing treatment at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), yesterday demanded punishment to the culprits who set her on fire.
Four-year-old Liza, along with other children, went to fetch water from a public tube-well located on the land of one neighbour Fulbanu on February 10, said Liza's father Abbas, a rickshaw van puller.
When Fulbanu noticed the children, she chased them, managing to get hold of Liza and set fire to her dress, he said.
Another neighbour, who noticed the incident, saved Liza by pouring water on her, said Abbas, adding that she was seriously burnt by then.
Abbas narrated the incident at a press conference organised by Green Patuakhali, a Facebook-based youths' organisation, at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) auditorium in the capital.
Abbas filed a case against four of his neighbours with Kolapara Police Station in this regard.
However, the main accused, Fulbanu, got bail from the High Court and her family members kept threatening Liza's family to withdraw the case.
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