Plaintiff threatened to withdraw case
Family members of a woman, who was beaten mercilessly allegedly by Dewanganj Municipality Mayor Shahnewaj Shahan Shah on Friday, are being threatened with dire consequences unless her family withdraws the case against the culprits.
The victim, Julekha Begum, 55, wife of Noor Islam of Charbhabashur village in Dewanganj upazila and elder sister of mayor’s second wife Shila Khatun, has sustained injuries on the head and is now undergoing treatment at Jamalpur General Hospital.
On Saturday, Julekha’s daughter-in-law Rebeka Begum, wife of Abdul Based, filed a case with Dewanganj Police Station against seven people, including Mayor Shahan Shah, by name and 15 to 16 others unnamed.
Earlier, Julekha’s son Based, 30, lend Tk 1.5 lakh to one Ijol of Pashchim Gamaria village, also a close aide of Mayor Shahan Shah.
But recently Ijol refused to return the money, saying he never borrowed any money from Based.
As a sequel, Based locked in an altercation with Ijol on Friday, Officer in Charge (OC) of Dewanganj Police Station Moinul Islam quoted locals as saying.
Hearing chaos, Julekha rushed to the spot and took her stance beside Based.
In the meantime, one of Ijol’s men informed the matter to Mayor Shahan Shah, who rushed to the spot on a motorbike and started hurling abusive words towards Julekha.
As Julekha protested his misbehave, the angry mayor beat her mercilessly, leaving her severely injured, the OC said.
Later, the mayor and his men entered Julekha’s house and vandalized all the furniture of her house.
Being informed, police went to the spot, rescued injured Julekha and admitted her to Jamalpur General Hospital.
“Since filling of the case the mayor and his men continued threatening us to withdraw the case, otherwise, to face dire consequences,” Based said.
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