Brutality on newlywed to divorce her husband

In-laws brutally tortured a newlywed woman for hours in a bid to force her to divorce her husband in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Monday.

The victim, Nehar Begum, 25, daughter of late Bashir Mohammad of Dangipara village in the upazila, with a fractured hand is undergoing treatment at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.

Police arrested Ashraf Ali, 50, a member of Ward No 3 of the union, for torturing the woman.

The victim's family members said Ashraf's nephew Nur Islam of Rampur village married Nehar about a month ago without the consent of his family.

Since their marriage, the couple had been living at a rented house at Madarganj village in the upazila.

In a bid to settle the matter between the two families, both of them went to their respective houses on Monday morning.

Around 11:30am, Ashraf along with his son Jewel and nephew Abdus Sobhan went to Nehar's paternal house and asked her to divorce his Nur Islam.

As she declined to accept their proposal, they beat her in front of her family members mercilessly with sticks.

At one stage, they forcibly picked her up, confined her to a room of the Jamalpur UP office building and tortured her for hours since 1:00pm.

Hearing cries for help, villagers informed the police of the matter around 9:00pm.

Later, a police team led by Sub-inspector Siraj-ud-Doula of Sadar Police Station rescued Nehar from her confinement and admitted her to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.

Nehar filed a case with the police station accusing her husband Nur Islam, several in-laws and UP member Ashraf the same night.

This correspondent tried several times to contact with Nur Islam over phone but there was no response.