UNB, Bagerhat :
A college girl, who received severe burn injuries after her husband and mother-in-law allegedly set her on fire by pouring kerosene five days ago, succumbed to her injuries at her father’s house in Kachua upazila here on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Sonia Akhter, 20, daughter of Mojahar Shikder of Gopalpur village in Kachua upazila and a 2nd year student of Business Administration at Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Women’s Degree College in the upazila.
The victim’s father said Sonia was recently married off to Rintu of Rajprashad village in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur district and lived there with her in-laws.
On Nov 28, following a brawl over concealing Rintu’s marital relation with another woman, Rintu and his mother poured kerosene over her body and set her on fire.
Seriously injured, Sonia was admitted to Barisal Medical College Hospital, and, later, shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospitaol for better treatment.
As the doctors at DMCH told the family members that Sonia was suffering with 90 percent burn injuries, the family members took her to her village home where she breathed her last on Saturday morning, said her father.
Officer-in-charge of Kachua Police Station Md Shamser Ali said before her death, Sonia gave her deposition to the police on Friday night in connection with her torture by her husband and mother-in-law.
