A housewife named Ikhtara Sarkar (30) has died after being set on fire by her husband in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria. With about 50 percent of her body burned, she died on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
This tragic incident took place at the Sarkar house in Charchartala area of Ashuganj upazila in the early hours of last October 31. Deceased Ikhtara was the daughter of Idon Sarkar of the area, and her husband Jahangir Mia's home is in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi. They were married about 15 years ago and have three children.
According to the family's allegations, family disputes were frequent as husband Jahangir had become drug-addicted. Relatives claimed that coming to his father-in-law's house the day before the incident to take their youngest son, Jahangir threatened to burn his wife with petrol following an argument.
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