House attacked as domestic help tortured

Hundreds of people, mostly day labourers, vandalised the residence of a banker, protesting alleged torture of an eight-year-old domestic help in Paschim Baluadanga area in the district town on Tuesday.
Victim Rubina Begum is daughter of Razu Mia, a rickshaw puller of the area, said Aslam Iqbal, officer in-charge of Dinajpur police station.
Victim's mother Parvin said her daughter worked at the house of an officer of local branch of a private bank over the past one and a half years.
“Putul, wife of the banker, used to beat Rubina with wooden sticks. She also burned her with hot iron rod over lame excuses”, Parvin added.
On Monday, we saw the injury marks on different parts of Rubina's body when we came to the banker's house to meet our daughter, said Parvin.
The same day we admitted her to Dinajpur General Hospital, she said.
The banker was not available at his workplace or over cell phone for comments till filing of this report yesterday.
A case was filed accusing the banker and his wife in this regard, said the OC.