Woman’s head shaved for dowry
A housewife was brutally tortured and her head shaved off allegedly by her dowry-greedy husband and in-laws in Dinajpur town on Saturday.
Meanwhile, police arrested four people including the victim's husband on Saturday night after victim Sohagi, 19, filed a case with Dinajpur Sadar Police Station in this connection the same evening.
The arrestees are Sohagi's husband Jony Islam Sumon, 23, of Daptaripara area under Dinajpur municipality, Sumon's father Hafiqul Islam, mother Jabina Begum and sister Sumi Begum.
According to the case statement, Sohagi, daughter of Abu Sayem of Songloni village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila, was married off with Sumon in 2017.
During the marriage, Sohagi's father gave Tk 35,000 to Sumon. But since the marriage, Sumon and his family members had been demanding more money from Sohagi's parents.
Police said as Sumon and his family members could not realise the additional money from Sohagi's parents, they brutally tortured her for an hour and shaved off her head on Saturday afternoon.
Hearing Sohagi's cry for help, neighbours went to the spot and rescued her.
They also arranged Sohagi's shelter at a nearby house and informed the matter to her parents.
Officer in Charge of Dinajpur Sadar Police Station Mozaffar Hossain said they produced the arrestees before a court yesterday that sent them to jail.
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