SSC examinee sustains burn injury in Thakurgaon

A teenage girl sustained burn injuries in an acid attack at Akhanagar in Sadar upazila on Sunday night over a land related dispute, reports UNB.

The injured is Tanjina Akhter, 16, daughter of Mostafa Kamal and an SSC examinee from Jhargaon High School.

Victim’s family members said that there had been a land related dispute with their neighbour Amzad.

As a sequel to enmity, Amzad along with his several supporters threw acid on Tanjina around 8:00pm, claimed her mother Mariam Begum.

Hearing her screams, family members rushed in and took her to Thakurgaon Modern Sadar Hospital.

Pradip Kumar, officer-in-charge of Ruhiathana, said they will take step after filing of a case by the victim’s family.