70 rights orgs demand punishment for perps who gouged out woman's eye for dowry

Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 70 women, human rights and development organisations, demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits who gouged out a woman's eye for dowry in Jinjira of Savar.

"We are concerned and aggrieved over the unprecedented, hair-raising and brutal torture of a woman. Such an incident does not reflect a good society and nation," said a press statement of the platform signed by President of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad Ayesha Khanam yesterday.

"We are also concerned that women's safety in their own homes is at risk," it read. 

The committee also demanded that the woman be treated well.

On Friday, Rabiul Hossain with the help of other family members plucked out his wife Sukhi Akter's one eye and damaged the other. 

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, Ain o Salish Kendra, Steps Towards Development, Bangladesh Nari Progoti Sangha, Brac, Women for Women, Care Bangladesh, Karmojibi Nari, and Manusher Jonno Foundation are some of the members of the committee.