A man allegedly hurled acid on the face of his expatriate wife following a feud yesterday in the capital’s Mirpur area.
The victim, 26-year-old Fahima Akhter, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit in the evening.
According to the victim, her husband Monir Hossain, who runs a laundry at Mirpur Section 5, poured acid on her after a quarrel between them in the morning.
Fahima, who was admitted to the DMCH around 8pm, said she had returned to Bangladesh last month after working in Jordan for almost two years as a housemaid.
“I sent all my earnings to my husband but since my return he has been misbehaving with me. When I ask about the money he would not tell me anything about it,” she alleged.
She said at one stage of the quarrel, Monir had poured acid on her face from a bottle, leaving her throat and face scorched.
Fahima said she would file a case after her family members arrived in Dhaka.
When contacted, Officer-in-Charge Salauddin Khan of Mirpur police station said they were yet to be informed of any such incident.