A housewife who sustained serious burn injuries in an acid attack at her father's house at village Naikati in Shyamnaagr upazila on Saturday is now fighting for life at Satkhira Sadar Hospital. The victim, Shahina Khatun, 25, yesterday demanded immediate arrest and punishment to the culprits. Wife of Kabir Uddin of the said village, Shahina received severe burn injuries on head, hand, back and lower portion of body, hospital sources said.
She said that she had a long-standing dispute with her neighbours over a shrimp enclosure. As a sequel to the dispute, culprits threw acid on her through the window when she was asleep at about 11pm. Seriously burnt Shahina was immediately sent to Shyamnagar Upazila Health Complex from where she was shifted to Satkhira Sadar Hospital as her condition deteriorated.