Badrul Ahsan :The unfortunate housewife ‘Sheuli Akhter’ of Tongi area is now undergoing an eye operation at the National Institute of Ophthalmology & Hospital (NIOH). According to Assistant Registrar of NIOH, Atiqul Haque, none of the eyes of Sheuli is curable. NIOH is now planning to set ornamental eye balls in her eyes. Failing to realize dowry from the victim Sheuli, her drug addict husband, Jual Hassan, on Thursday last pulled out both the eyes of Sheuli at their rented house in the Tongi area.Jual Hassan attaching scotch tape on the Sheuli’s mouth and binding her both hands committed the occurrence and escaped the scene.Later, getting back sense, Sheuli burst into tears and called her neighbours for help. Police and inhabitants of the area then rescued Sheuli and admitted her to a private hospital immediately.Sheuli Akhter and Jual Hassan got married five years ago. This is the second marriage of Sheuli. Her first husband was murdered and one year after the killing, Shuli got her cousin brother Jual married. According to the victim, immediately after their marriage, Shuli had come to know that her husband was seriously drug addicted although it was too late then.Every now and then, Jual used to put pressure on his wife to bring dowries. In case of refusal, Shuli had to face physical assault. Besides, Jual used to suspect his wife’s character, although mental health specialists said ‘suspicion is a common illness of drug addicts’. On the day of occurrence, according to Shuli, Jual was over addicted and demanded dowries, and being refused, her husband committed the crime.However, according to concerned police station, no case was filed with the office till filling this report.
