Acid attack by money lender
A day labourer is fighting for life at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) following acid attack on him by a group of money-lenders at Rasulpur village in Nandail upazila on Wednesday, police said. Day labourer Md Motiur Rahman, 35, took Tk 2,000 as loan from Krishak Samity office at his village three months ago for treatment of his ailing child. As he failed to pay interest of the loan money in last three months, the money rose to Tk 2,800.
Motiur paid Tk 1,400 selling his dwelling house about 10 days ago but the money-lenders demanded Tk 1,400 more. As he expressed his inability to pay the money, the group led by Latif, Wasim, Dulal, Jalil and Sukkur beat him indiscriminately on Wednesday. At one stage, they let him free. But they again called him out of his house at night and took him to Krishak Samity office and threw acid on his person.
When contacted, Nandail Police Station officer-in-charge Azizul Haque said they are trying to arrest the culprits.
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