Village elder beats woman publicly for disobedience
A woman was beaten until she lost consciousness only because she did not attend the meeting summoned by a village arbitrator at Soto Latifpur in Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur district on Monday.
Josna Akter, 45, wife of Bulbul Mia, is undergoing treatment at Kaliakair Upazila Health Complex.
Md Jalal Uddin admitted to this correspondent over the phone that he with his associates dragged Josna by hair out of her house in the afternoon and beat her with sticks as she “disobeyed” him.
The meeting was called to arbitrate in a long-standing land dispute between Josna and her younger brother Hossen Khan, also in his forties.
“In the morning, I sent my men to inform her about the meeting but she instead sent a message for me to go and meet her, how dare she?” Jalal added.
Josna's neighbour rushed her to the hospital after Jalal and his men left.
Victim's son Nayan Ahmed said Josna was alone at home when the incident occurred. Hossen and a neighbour Amena Begum, 50, also participated in the beating.
Jalal, Hossen and Amena went into hiding after victim's family filed a case against them.
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