Man throws acid on five family members, himself in Dhaka s Lalbagh Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A man allegedly threw acid on five members of his family and himself following an altercation in Dhaka s Lalbagh area this morning.
Police suspected the attacker Ali Hossain, 40, is mentally unstable and addicted to drugs.
The other injured are: Ali s mother Momena Begum, 70, brothers Anwar Hossain, 52, Iqbal Hossain, 45 sister Jamila Akter, 30, and nephew Salehin, 20.
The incident took place around 5:45am at their house after Ali, a worker at a local battery shop, locked in an altercation with his family members, said Amitab Darji, a sub-inspector of Lalbagh Police Station.