Housewife faces husband's cruelty

A mother of three and the breadwinner of her family in hospital bed at Bandarban. Her husband, unemployed by choice, cut off her hand from the wrist because she refused to go to work and bring him money. Photo: Star

Her "fault" was that she had refused to go for work and earn money while her husband had been idling around. Her "audacity" was that she had protested the way her unfeeling husband had been spending his life, doing nothing productive that is.

And, so she had to face the wrath of the good-for-nothing father of her three children.

Nusang Prue Marma, 26, of Monai Para in Thanchi upazila is now groaning in pain with a severed wrist at Bandarban Sadar Hospital. Her husband Chaiwang Prue Marma, unemployed by choice, was allegedly involved in criminal activities.

When he needed money, he would force Nusang to go out and work. And if she declined, torture -- both physical and mental -- would befall her.

“On Thursday around 3:00pm, Chaiwang pressed me to go for work. When I refused, he started stabbing me indiscriminately with a kitchen knife and cut off my left wrist," said Nusang at the hospital.

Later locals caught Chaiwang and gave him a beating when he tried to escape. He too was admitted to Bandarban Sadar Hospital.

Mong Prue Marma, a neighbour of the victim, said, Chaiwang was actually a Rakhine who had infiltrated into Bangladesh around 10 years ago and took "Marma" as his last name to avoid suspicion. A couple of years later, he married Nusang.

Doctors at the hospital yesterday said Nusang was in a stable condition.

Contacted, Md Omar Ali, officer-in-charge of Thanchi Police Station, said in the evening that no case had been filed and no arrest made.