A college student has received burn injuries when a stalker set fire to her residence at Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur on Friday.
The victim was identified as Joli Akter Tuli, a resident of Joypurhat sadar area.
Abu Sayem used to tease Tuli and had threatened to kidnap her. Her parents had sent her to her maternal uncle's house at Chandipur area to keep her safe.
Sayem poured petrol through the tin-shed roof in the early hours of the day and set it on fire.
Sources said Tuli’s face, hand and many other parts of the body were burnt in the incident. Her maternal grandmother was also burnt in the attack.
She was sent to Joypurhat Modern Hospital and later transferred to the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Confirming the incident, Joypurhat sadar police station Inspector Abdur Rashid said: “The guardian of the girl has been advised to lodge case with Hakimpur police station as the incident took place in an area under that police station.”