Names of five of the 15 accused have been dropped from the FIR-list as they are activists of ruling BNP, the victims and local people claimed.

The 10 others are on bail.

The abducted woman is still traced.

Ambia of Harigati Maijhati village in Kendua upazila was married to one Anwar of the same village but was divorced some months later.

As she lodged a case, she was abducted allegedly by her former husband Anwar, Shahin and Jahur on April 20. Her cousin Bulbul filed an abduction case with Kendua police.

Some ruling party men allegedly led by Sadaruddin, president of Sandikona union BNP, threatened Bulbul to withdrawal the abduction case or to face death.

Bulbul refused.

On the night of July 7, Bulbul and his friends Ataulla, Saidul Islam and Masud became victims of acid attack when they were asleep in a newly raised house in the village.

They filed a case with Kendua police accusing 15 people including Jabbar, Toynal, Anamul, Juel, Shahin, and Badal.

But the Officer-in-Charge of Kendua thana dropped names of five of the accused from the list of accused. They are BNP leader Sadaruddin and party activists Tara Mia, Saidur Rahman, Abdul Hasem and Islamuddin.

The ten other accused got bail a few days after filing of the case.

When contacted with the OC claimed that names of the five have been dropped from the list of accused after investigation.

But the victims and local people claimed that political pressure was behind this.