JP lawmaker’s daughter-in-law hospitalised with gunshot
The daughter-in-law of Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Feroz Rashid was hospitalised on Sunday night with a bullet wound in her abdomen.
Marina Shoaib is now at the intensive care unit of Labaid hospital in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, police said quoting doctors.
Doctors at the hospital operated on her immediately after she was brought in around 10:30pm, said Saifur Rahman Lenin, assistant general manager of the hospital.
Damage from the wound has been repaired but the bullet is still inside, he said.
She regained consciousness yesterday morning, but will remain under observation.
Family members said Marina and Rashid’s son Shoaib got married 28 years ago and they have two children.
Quoting the couple’s daughter, police said that she might have shot herself using Shoaib’s licensed pistol.
Marina’s 20-year-old daughter, 10-year-old son and household help were present in the house when the incident took place around 9pm, said Parvez Islam, inspector (investigation) of Dhanmondi Police Station, adding that they have seized the pistol.
Police said the Criminal Investigation Department have collected fingerprint samples from the firearm.
However, Marina’s father Sirajul Islam said the pistol belongs to Shoaib and he might be involved with the incident.
“We went to the police station to file a case after the incident on Sunday, but police suggested that we solve the matter mutually between two families,” he alleged.
Sirajul said that Marina has had a troubled relationship with her husband for the last few years.
He added, the couple got separated around seven months ago, but a week later there was a mutual understanding and Marina started living at Feroz Rashid’s residence in Dhanmondi 9/A.
Police said they are investigating the matter with help of CCTV footage.
The Daily Star called Kazi Feroz Rashid several times over phone, but he didn’t respond.
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