National Desk :
A housewife was brutally tortured and later abandoned allegedly by her husband on Friday in Magura. The husband reportedly broke his wife’s arms and legs and later dropped her unconscious body off to a local hospital. The victim, identified as Sritma Begum, had bruises all over her body.
Although the incident had occured on Friday, the family of the victim could not gather the courage to speak up about it till Monday out of fear and unawareness.
The incident was exposed today when leaders of Magura District Women’s Council and officials of the District’s One Stop Crisis Cell visited the victim at the hospital.
The victim’s father, a day labourer, told UNB that he married his daughter off to Amir Hossain 17 years ago. He has been providing dowry since then. He also sent his son-in-law to Oman by mortgaging his land.
The son-in-law came back from abroad last January and demanded money again. He started abusing and torturing his wife when his father in law failed to provide any money.
At one stage of the altercation on the day of the incident, son-in-law Amir Hossain beat Smriti Begum with an iron rod and broke both her arms and one leg. Besides, he carried out unspeakable torture on different parts of her body. When Smriti fainted, her husband dropped her off at Magura Sadar Hospital and left. While talking to UNB, the victim said that her husband and his mother often used to beat her over money. When asked by the reporter, Amir said that a fight broke out between them when he asked for the money he sent from abroad. At one stage of the fight, his wife got injured.
Mamtaz Begum, president of Magura district branch of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, said,
“We went to Magura Sadar Hospital and inquired about the girl immediately upon receiving the news. Although the victim did not dare to take legal actions initially, we convinced her otherwise.”
The process to take stringent legal action against the perpetrator has started, she added.
In this regard, Magura Superintendent of Police Mohammad Zahirul Islam said that no concession will be given for violence against women. Legal action will be taken upon receipt of the complaint from the victim woman or her family.
