Wife dies from burns
Husband goes into hiding
Staff Correspondent
A mother of a seven-month-old daughter succumbed to her burn injuries at a city hospital yesterday nine days after her husband allegedly set fire to her at the Geneva Camp in the city.Farzana Begum, 20, wife of Mohammad Islam alias Sistay, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on February 20. Her father Mohammad Reza told reporters that Islam threw a type of chemical on his daughter and set her on fire at their Geneva Camp house at Mohammadpur at around 3:30am on February 20. Farzana received burn injuries on her body from knee to neck. Her father said he did not lodge any complaint against his son-in-law as Islam threatened to kill his seven-month daughter Isha if the incident is disclosed. Islam also married another woman with two children for the second time six months ago without taking Farzan's permission, said Reza. The couple was locked into an altercation when the second wife along with her children came to his Geneva Camp house on February 19. A case has been filed but police could not arrest anybody as Islam and his relatives went into hiding.
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