Narsingdi arson victim Fulon dies

Staff Correspondent: College girl Fulon Rani Barmon, who sustained burn injuries in an arson attack in Narsingdi, has died while undergoing treatment at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

She died at 6.00am on Wednesday.

Fulon was set on fire by miscreants on June 13 in Narsingdi.

She was a student of Udayon College and daughter of Jugendra Barman in Birpur area of Narsingdi municipality.

According to locals, Fulon along with her aunt went to a local shop to buy cake around 8.30pm.  Miscreants caught her while she was returning home. They poured kerosene on her body after tiding her hands and legs and then torched her, leaving her injured critically. She was taken to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at that night in critical condition.

She suffered 15 per cent burn injury.


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