Torture on Wife: Accused sent to jail after surrender

The man, who allegedly cut off his wife's tongue and slashed the tendon of her left leg for dowry, was sent to jail after he surrendered before a Sylhet court yesterday.

Akther Hossain, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station, said Belal Ahmed, prime accused in the case filed in connection with torturing her wife Suma Begum for dowry, surrendered before Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate's Court-1 around 10:00am, and the court sent him to jail.

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Police would pray to the court for a 10-day remand of Belal. Other fugitive accused would be arrested soon, the police official added.

On December 15, Belal and his friends went to meet Suma at her mother's house at Paschim Dorsha village of Sylhet Sadar upazila. At one stage, they asked her to go out with them. They took her to a nearby hut filled with firewood, tied her hands with ropes and cut her tongue so that she cannot scream. Then they slashed the tendon of her left leg.

The next day, Suma's brother Hafizur Rahman filed a case with Jalalabad Police Station, accusing Belal, his mother, two brothers and two other unknown persons.

On December 17, police arrested Belal's mother Joybunnesa and two other relatives. But Belal and his brothers went into hiding.

Suma is undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Her condition is improving, said hospital sources. 

Belal, of Lamua village in South Surma upazila, worked at a garage in Sylhet city.