Six members of a family including two children were acid burnt Wednesday night at Balla Paschim Para village of the district in a family dispute over land.
The victims were identified as Abdus Salam, 60, his wife Alea Begum, 50, their son Mohammad Alauddin, 35, daughter-in-law Sohana Begum, 30, and granddaughters Dristee, 6, and two-month-old Tanzia.
Quoting the injured Kalihati upazila police said Salam's younger brother Rahmatullah threw acid on the victims at dinner around 8:30pm.
The victims were taken to Tangail General Hospital and then shifted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The condition of Alauddin, his wife Sohana and daughter Tanzia was stated to be critical.
They said both Salam and Rahmatullah's families live at their ancestral house and they have a feud over its ownership.
Injured Alauddin filed a case with Kalihati Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge Younus Ali.
Following the incident, Rahmatullah went into hiding, the OC added.
Earlier in February, another case was filed with the police station in connection with a family clash and was later settled through village arbitration.
Source : The Daily Star
