Narsingdi, Oct. 23 -- A woman and her two sons sustained severe burns after her husband allegedly set fire to their house with a petrol bomb in Narsingdi town early Thursday.

The injured were identified as Rina Begum, 36, and her sons Farhad, 15, and Touhid, 7.

They were rescued in critical condition and taken to the emergency unit of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Fire burn valuables at Narsingdi Textile Mill

Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon of the institute, said Rina sustained burns on 58 percent of her body while Farhad and Touhid suffered 40 and 16 percent burns respectively.

All three have been shifted to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) for intensive treatment.

Dr Rahman said Rina's husband Karim threw a ...