Man sent to jail for forcing girl to live together
A Lalmonirhat court yesterday sent a man to jail for forcing a schoolgirl to live with him for two years.
The arrestee is Limon Islam, 34, son of Sekandar Ali of Tangbhanga village in Hatibandha upazila of the district and father of two children.
Police arrested him on Wednesday night and produced him before the Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday. The court rejected his bail prayer and sent him to jail, police said.
Police said Limon developed a relationship with a girl of Class X two years ago and took her away from the village. He kept the girl in two rented houses in Lalmonirhat town without marrying her for the last two years. Taking help of a local woman, the victim fled away from the house and went back to her parents on October 2.
Limon and his cohorts went to the victim's house three times in the last one week and beat her family members for bringing her back, police said.
“I was kept in a rented house owned by Nuruzzaman Miah at Dalpatti area in the town for the first one year, and the next year I was shifted to another rented house owned by Lal Miah in Baltipatti area,” said the victim.
“He took my signature forcibly on a non-judicial stamp and said he had married me,” she said. “I was sexually harassed and also physically tortured by Limon, and I was ordered not to go out of the house,” the victim said.
Victim's father said they did not lodge any complaint when their daughter went away with Limon due to shame. “We received our daughter when she came back after two years, but we did not lodge any complaint,” he said. “We have been compelled to file a complaint on Wednesday against the culprit when he and his men started attacking us,” he added.
Officer-in-Charge of Hatibandha Police Station Shamim Hasan Sarder said Limon failed to show any legal document to prove that he had married the girl. “The girl was harassed sexually and physically. Limon also tried to trick her into going with him as he had the paper she signed,” the OC added.
Police arrested Limon after a case was filed, accusing him, by the victim on Wednesday.
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