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Vol. 5 Num 331 Wed. May 04, 2005  
   
National


Man given14 year RI for acid violence


The Women and Children Repression Prevention Court in Comilla on Monday sentenced a man to 14 years rigorous imprisonment for throwing acid on a girl and her younger brother.

The court convicted Omar Faruq of Donarchar village in Daudkandi upazil and fined him Tk10,000 for throwing acid on Ayesha Khatun and Mohsin Mia of the same village as she refused a marriage proposal. The acid was thrown while they were asleep at night.