4 held for torturing woman

Police detained four people in a case filed for torturing a housewife on Thursday evening, bringing allegation of an extra-marital affair at Shalikha village in Shajahanpur upazila.

Tajnur Islam, victim's husband, a resident of the village, lodged a case with Shajahanpur Police Station accusing 26 people, including 11 by name and 15 others unnamed, on Friday night.

The arrestees are, Azizul Haque, 26, Atiqul Islam, 23, Sohag Mia, 24, and Mamun Sheikh, 25, of the village.

Quoting locals, police said some local youths on Thursday afternoon allegedly caught Tofazzal Hossain, 32, and Shantana Khatun, 22, from the latter's house her husband was away from home.

They later dragged the two outside the house, arranged an arbitration and beat them up mercilessly, tightening them with a roadside tree.

Knowing the matter, Tajnur rushed to the spot but the so called arbitrators also beat him up and declared his family outcast.

Tajnur filed a case accusing 26 people of the village, said Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of Shajahanpur Police Station.

The arrestees were produced before a court yesterday that sent them to the jail.