Two-and-half year old abused by stepmother dies at DMCH
A two-and-a-half-year-old, who was allegedly abused by her stepmother in Gazipur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after fighting for her life for a month.
Marium Akter, daughter of Mostafa Kamal who works in Dubai, was undergoing treatment at DMCH for last one month. She died around 6:30pm yesterday, said Mohammad Ali Jinnah, a sub-inspector of Sreepur Police Station.
On August 14, Mostafa Kamal's father Afaz Uddin filed a case against his daughter in law, Alifa Akter Ripa (30), with Sreepur Police Station, saying that she abused the child to create pressure on her husband for transferring ownership of a multi-storey building in Sreepur to her.
Mostafa, who has been living in Dubai for the last 13 years, was married to Marium's mother Sabina Yasmin eight years back, reports our Gazipur correspondent quoting the family members.
He constructed a five-storey building in Sreepur municipality area.
In Dubai, Mostafa met Ripa, got married to her and divorced his first wife when Marium was only four months old, the family said.
When he went back to Dubai, Mostafa left Marium in Ripa's care in Sreepur.
The Sreepur Police Station SI said Marium was tortured and underwent surgery due to infections caused by injuries. Ripa is now in police custody, he said.
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