A woman sustained burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly by her husband in Kamrangirchar, on the outskirts of the capital, yesterday.
Nazma Begum who is undergoing treatment at the burn unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital told the Dhaka Tribune that her husband Abul Hossain, a drug addict, had thrown acid at her as she refused to give him money to buy drugs.
The 35-year-old woman said she had been running the family by working as a street vendor ever since Abul, who used to drive a CNG-run autorickshaw, left the profession and started taking drugs.
Nazma’s work includes collecting the remains of slaughtered chicken and hawking those on street corners to people of the low-income group.
Nazma told reporters at the hospital that her husband, who often takes away the major portion of her earnings to buy drugs, approached her when she was selling her products in Rasulpur around 6:35pm.
“He asked for Tk200 but I refused to give. He left the place before returning shortly with a bottle. I did not see what was in it,” she said.
“It began burning when he poured the liquid on my face. Some people who were there brought me to the hospital,” she added.
The couple lives in a rented house with their three sons and two daughters. No case was filed in this connection.
