A Chittagong court yesterday placed a couple on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over throwing acid on a youth last year. 

The duo was arrested by detectives of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) from Notun Bazar area in the capital earlier yesterday.

The arrestees are— Mowmita Dutta Annie, 26, and her husband Sumit Dhar, 30. 

“The fugitives in an acid attack case were arrested from a house in the capital's Notun Bazar area under Bhatara Police Station,” Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Md Kamruzzaman of CMP DB (North) told The Daily Star.

According to the case statement, a group of miscreants hurled acid on Tomal, 25, a technician of YOUNGONE factory at KEPZ in Chittagong in February last year.

He was waiting at Goni Bakery area in the afternoon of Feb 10, in the port city to meet a girl with whom he had developed a love affair through social media.

When he reached there he sent a message stating his arrival to the Facebook ID named “Projapotir Dana”, which in turn asked him to send a selfie.

As soon as Tomal sent a selfie to that account through messenger, he came under attack. Two or three men hurled acid on his face. After the attack they said “now you see the consequence of slapping Mowmita”, Tomal added.

Inspector Rajesh Barua of DB, also the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, told The Daily Star that earlier, Tomal had a love affair with Mowmita for around two years.

Mowmita, who was already married to Sumit since 2015, did not disclose her marriage to Tomal. An altercation ensued between them when Tomal knew about the marriage and in a fit of rage slapped Mowmita, who threatened him with dire consequences. Mowmita and her husband later opened a facebook ID named “Projapotir Dana” and contacted Tomal impersonating as a girl,” said the DB official.

After some days, Tomal was asked to meet physically from the ID in  the city's Goni Bakery area last year and came under acid attack. Following the attack, his whole face was distorted and his two eyes were damaged and his father Babul Chandra Dey filed a case accusing the couple. Soon after attack, the couple left Chittagong and frequently changed their location, police said. IO Rajesh said the couple primarily confessed to the crime while they were interrogated in remand.