Family Dispute: Woman tied to tree, tortured
Brother-in-law, another held
A woman was allegedly tortured by some of her relatives over a family dispute in Rangpur’s Gangachara upazila on Wednesday.
Quoting locals, police said the relatives tied the woman, 38, to a tree, beat her up, cut her hair and then placed a garland of shoes around her neck.
Two people, including her brother-in-law, were arrested on Thursday after a case was filed with Gangachara Police Station over the incident.
According to locals, daughter of the woman’s brother-in-law and a youth from Rangpur Sadar upazila got married about a-month-and-a-half ago. The youth, however, sent a divorce notice to the girl on July 21, accusing her of being a person of bad character.
The two families had several altercations in the following days and during the time, the girl’s family members blamed the victim woman for the situation.
On Wednesday morning, the elder brother of the woman’s husband along with his wife, daughter and brother tortured the victim near their home for hours, said locals who witnessed the incident.
Hearing about it, Zahangir Alam, a ward member of Betgari Union Parishad, rescued the woman and sent her to Gangachara Upazila Health Complex.
Later, the husband filed the case against six people and police arrested the woman’s brother-in-law and his brother on Thursday night, said Sushanta Kumar Sarkar, inspector (Investigation) of the police station.
Police were trying to arrest the other accused, the inspector said.
The woman was released from the hospital and is now in her home, said her husband.