Husband's brutality turns her maimed
Seriously injured by husband for protesting his alleged illicit relation, a young housewife is groaning in pain at Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital (DJMCH).
The victim, Mahfuza Begum, 25, received stab injuries on different parts of body by her husband Masud Rana, 30, who also severed her left ankle joint with a sharp weapon at his Haldibari-Mondolpara village house in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur district on Wednesday afternoon, said the victim's family members.
Mahfuza, daughter of late Mahbub Alam of Chowdhurypara village in Gaibandha Sadar upazila, has three children including a girl reading in class III.
“Masud, a rickshaw puller working in Dhaka, returned home about two weeks ago. All the time he remained busy talking over mobile with a woman, raising my suspicion. As I protested, Masud got angry and engaged in a bitter argument with me on Wednesday afternoon. He started stabbing me indiscriminately. At one stage, he slashed my left ankle joint and severed it by chopping,” said Mahfuza lying on the floor at orthopaedic department of DJMCH.
Hearing her scream, the neighbours came to her rescue and took her to Parbatipur Upazila Health Complex in a critical condition. Following doctors' suggestion, profusely bleeding Mahfuza was admitted to Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital at 7:40pm the same day.
Doctors of DJMCH conducted a six-hour-long surgery at the night and she required at least 160 stitches at different parts of body.
Locals handed over Masud Rana to Parbatipur police on Wednesday evening and Mahfuza's mother Jamila Begum filed a case accusing him, said Nuruzzaman Chowdhury, officer in charge of Parbatipur police station.
“What will happen to my three children? My husband has so far neglected his duty to them. Nobody will give me job as I have become maimed,” said Mahfuza.
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