A woman sustained burn injuries in an acid attack following a feud over her husband's second marriage at Khajura village in Kuakata area of the district on Sunday.

The victim is Jahura Begum, 35, wife of Alam Fakir of the village in Kalapara upazila. She is now undergoing treatment at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

Police and locals said a gang, allegedly led by one Salam and Mostafa, threw acid on Jahura when she was returning home from nearby Shutki Palli (Fish drying area) on the Kuakata beach.

Hearing a hue and cry, locals rushed to the spot and rescued the woman. However, the criminals managed to flee.

She was later admitted to the hospital in critical condition.

Family sources said the victim's husband Alam Fakir recently married another woman of the same area and since then second wife's relatives were giving him pressure to divorce Jahura but he refused.

Being refused, they got angered and hurled acid at Jahura, said the sources.

Legal action would be taken against the attackers after filing of a case in this regard, said Sanjoy Mandol, in-charge of Kuakata Police Camp.