Chained woman rescued
A 58-year-old mentally challenged woman, who was chained for over three decades, was rescued from her brother's house in Barlekha upazila on Wednesday.
Victim Habibun Nesa, wife of Mohibur Rahman of Zafarpur village, is now undergoing treatment at the upazila health complex, said Yasinul Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Barlekha Police Station.
After being rescued from the house, Habibun Nesha was so weak and sick that she could not talk, said the OC.
Police and family members said Habibun Nesha and Mohibur have two sons and a daughter.
When Habibun Nesha became mentally unwell 32 years ago, her husband Mohibur married another woman and left the home with the children, leaving Habibun abandoned. Since then she was kept chained in the house of her elder brother Islam Uddin, a day labourer.
Habibun Nesha's sons Nazim Uddin and Alauddin, who have furniture business in the upazila headquarters, even do not stay in contact with her, said Islam.
Islam further said as Habibun Nesha is a mental patient, he kept her chained to a pillar in the house when he went outside for work.
Contacted, Nazim Uddin said he was not interested to talk about his mother.
On information, the OC rescued the chained woman from the house on Wednesday evening.
The police official then arranged her treatment at the health complex, said Islam.
After her recovery, they will ask the husband and children to take her to home, said the OC.
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