Dr. Mohammad Khairul Kabir at the hospital said she suffered severe burn injuries in her hands, chest and lower parts of her body and should be taken to Dhaka immediately for better treatment.

But her poor husband can not afford her treatment in Dhaka, she told this correspondent at the hospital.

She said, taking the absence of her husband, for persons locally known as BNP activists entered her house at Belchhari village in on the night of July 25 and tried to violate her. As she resisted and cried out for help, they fled away, spraying acid on her.

She was rescued by some army personnel in next morning and taken to Matiganga health complex and later shifted to Khagrachhari hospital on the same day.

She claimed that she could identify one of the criminals as Abdul Mannan Munnap, a local BNP activist.

On return home next day, her husband went to Matiranga police station to lodge a case but was refused, she alleged.

However, when contacted over phone, Matiranga police refuted the allegation and they recorded a case and started investigation.

But none was arrested till yesterday, police said.

Meanwhile, Khagrachhari district Awami league protested the incident and submitted memorandums to the Deputy Commissioner and thew Police Superintendent for arrest of the culprits.

Local AL leaders claimed that the victim’s husband was a freedom fighter and an Awami League activist.

Sources in Matiranga claimed that the culprits were moving freely in the area and threatening the victims family.

But police said the could not arrest any of the culprits as they are absconding.

On June 25, acid was thrown on another housewife--Nazma Begum, 25-- at Haza Chhara in Dighinala upazila in the district but no action was taken by police.