Shackled housewife rescued
A Netrakona court yesterday sent four people to jail in connection with a case filed for chaining a housewife to a room at Kharnoi village in Kalmakanda upazila.
Earlier on Friday night, police rescued victim Fatema Akter, 25, daughter of late Nurul Islam, and admitted her to Kalmakanda Upazila Health Complex.
Meanwhile, police detained Fatema’s husband Jahangir Alam, 34, his first wife Nargis Akter, 28, his father Monsur Ali and younger sister Farida Akter, 20, from the village early yesterday, for their alleged involvement in torturing the housewife.
Quoting neighbours, Officer in Charge (OC) of Kalmakanda Police Station Mazharul Karim said Jahangir, a Cable TV operator at Gobindapur Bazar, married his second wife Fatema in December last year.
Soon after the marriage, Jahangir divorced Fatema following a family feud, but again married her in March this year on condition that she would not disclose the matter to anyone else, the OC said.
A feud developed between Fatema and her in-laws’ when she went to her husband’s house on May 7.
At one stage of altercation, when Fatema refused to return to her parents house, Jahangir and his family members tortured her mercilessly and at one stage they chained her to a room.
Sensing something wrong, neighbours informed the matter to police, who rescued the victim from confinement around 11:00pm on Friday and admitted her to Kalmakanda Upazila Health Complex.
There were marks of injuries on the victim’s body, the OC said.
They detained four people after the victim filed a case with Kalmakanda Police Station against eight people, including the four arrestees, the OC added.
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