Tortured housewife rescued
A housewife was rescued yesterday after she had been tortured and kept unfed for days by her husband who wanted money from her family to buy drugs.
The victim, Kolpona Begum, 19, was lying unconscious at the yard of her in-laws' house when the Jaldhaka municipality mayor and some councillors went there and took her to Jaldhaka Upazila Health Complex.
Jahangir Alam, a doctor of the hospital, said Kolpona had blacked out in mental shock and for physical weakness as she was unfed and tortured for days, and there were marks of injuries on different parts of her body.
Her father Afizar Rahman, of Singria village of Jaldhaka, married her off to Nur Islam, 28, son of Mominur Rahman of Tinbot village in the municipality, a year ago.
Before the marriage, he claimed to be a garment employee in Dhaka, Afizar said.
The bride's father at the time gave him a television set, a bi-cycle and Tk 50 thousand as dowry.
Soon after marriage, Kolpona realised her husband was unemployed and drug addict. Within six months, he spent all cash and sold the TV, bi-cycle and other gift items to buy drugs, her father told The Daily Star.
Nur Islam then started torturing Kolpona to force her into bringing money from her father, but when she refused, the torture escalated.
For the last four days he didn't let her eat anything and beat her, locals said.
Yesterday morning, Nur again started beating Kolpona and at one stage, she became senseless. She was lying at the yard for hours but no one of his family came to rescue her.
Being informed, her father complained to the Jaldhaka municipality mayor, Fahmid Faisal Comet.
The mayor said he had settled the dispute between the couple a few weeks ago when
Kolpona's husband promised that he would not torture his wife anymore.
“I asked the victim's father to file a case after his daughter regains consciousness,” he added.
Officer-in-Charge of Jaldhaka police Mostafizur Rahman said he would take action after the filing of a case.
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