The 14-year-old, who was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Burn Unit in critical condition, passed away around 5am on Saturday, said Resident Doctor Partha Sankar Pal. Sattar told police the girl’s aunt, Beauty Begum, ‘had instigated some men to set her on fire’. Sattar said Begum’s mobile phone had gone missing several days ago, that she had suspected Aziza and that she had threatened to ‘burn her to death’, Dhaka Medical Police Outpost SI Bachchu Miah told bdnews24.com. Beauty and a few men came, took Aziza and then set her on fire.”Abdus Sattar told the media at Dhaka Medical that Aziza had accused her aunt’s brothers of setting the fire before her death. On Saturday morning Abdus Sattar told the media that Beauty Begum’s phone had been stolen and that she had suspected Aziza.

Source: bd News24 October 28, 2017 05:03 UTC