Expectant mother seeks security of life

An eight-month pregnant woman yesterday alleged that police are not recording a case against her 'attackers' despite repeated requests to file the lawsuit.
Tania Yeasmin Trina, wife of advocate Ali Abdul Baten of North Mugdapara, was attacked by her in-laws, as they wanted to grab her residence by ousting her on August 28, leaving her injured.
The expectant mother brought the allegations at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity auditorium in the city.
She said her stepmother-in-law Rehana Begum, father-in-law Mohammad Rustom Ali, sisters-in-law Jannat Yeasmin Rita, 38, and Mabruka Yeasmin Nipa and their husbands along with 20 to 25 hired goons attacked her residence and tortured her on that day.
The attackers also said they got her husband arrested by police and they would also implicate her in the false case if she does not leave the house, she said adding that her father-in-law filed a false case against her husband on charges of extortion and drug addiction.
As the medical test proved that there was no symptom of taking drug by her husband, the court awarded him bail, she added.
Trina said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Asaduzzaman and Sub-Inspector Razzak of Sabujbagh Police Station along with her in-laws forced her husband to sign an agreement.
Even the OC did not record her case as she tried to file a case against the attackers, she said, adding that the OC misbehaved with her men as they went to the police station, seeking police help for her and her family.
Contacted, OC Asaduzzaman denied the allegations and said he was not informed of the attack on the woman.
Trina claimed that her mother-in-law, who was the owner of the four-storey building, gave her elder son Baten through a notary public in presence of many relatives, but now her rival in-laws denied giving the building to her husband.
Trina's family resides on the first floor of the building and the other floors are rented, she said, adding that her father-in-law realises the rent of the other units.