UNB, Cox’s Bazar :
A Cox’s Bazar woman and her two daughters, who were tortured and humiliated on charges of stealing a cow in Chakaria upazila, were granted bail by a court on Monday.
Judicial Magistrate Rajib Kumar Deb passed the order when they were produced in the court, said Advocate Omar Faruk.
A group of lawyers led by Advocate Elias Arif filed a petition in the court seeking bail for them.
Those who have been granted bail are -Parvin Akhter, 55, wife of late Abul Kalam of Kusumpur union in Patiya upazila, her daughters Selina Akhter Seli, 25, and Rozina Akhter, 20.
But the court rejected bail petitions of two others in the same case.
On Friday afternoon, five people including the woman, her two daughters and son, were tortured and humiliated at Paharchanda under Harbang union of Chakaria accusing them of stealing cow.
Later, they were paraded across the village with their hands and waists tied-up with rope before being taken to the office of UP Chairman Miranul Islam.
The UP chairman allegedly beat them up when they were taken to the office.
But when their physical condition deteriorated, the victims were handed over to police who took them to Chakaria Hospital for treatment.
Mahbubul Haque, a resident of Bandabonkhil village, filed a case against the five people on Friday night.
The accused are- Parvin, her two daughters Selina and Rozina, son Emran, 23, and Mohammad Chottu, son of Delwar Hossain of Barbakia in Pekua upazila.
The woman and her children were sent to Cox’s Bazar district jail on Saturday afternoon.
