Two housewives killed, another fights for life
Two housewives were killed in Kushtia and Rajbari on Tuesday while another has been fighting for life at hospital in Chuadanga for last two days.
In Kushtia, a man alleged that his family members including his mother, sister and brother beat his wife Sahinur Khatun, 28, dead on Tuesday night. The incident took place at Munshipara village in Bheramara upazila.
Bozlu, husband of Sahinur said his family members always pressed him to divorce Sahinur. But he did not do so as he loved her and their marriage was a happy one for the last 10 years.
“My family members always blamed Sahinur for not being a mother and provoked me to leave her,” Bozlu told journalists at Kushtia General Hospital morgue yesterday.
According to Bozlu, he went to his workplace at Daulatpur on Tuesday. In his absence, his family members beat up Sahinur mercilessly on Tuesday night. As she died they hanged Sahinur's body from the ceiling of her room to show the incident as suicide.
Police recovered the dead body and sent to Kushtia General Hospital for autopsy.
Police said they will take action on receipt of the post mortem report. A general diary (GD) was lodged at Bheremara police station.
In Rajbari, housewife Golapi Khatun met tragic end of life on Tuesday midnight.
Police said Azim Uddin Mollah and his wife Golapi were sleeping with their one year old daughter at their house at Baghmara village in Sadar upazila.
All of a sudden Azim's cattle farm adjacent to his house caught fire due to short circuit at about 11:30 pm. Azim ran fast to save his cattle while Golapi tired to save her daughter.
But the fire soon engulfed the bedroom. Azim and his neighbours tried to enter it but failed. Finding no way Golapi threw her daughter out of the inferno but failed to save herself from the blaze.
In Chuadanga, housewife Marzina Khatun of Dihi Krishnapur in Sadar upazila is now fighting for life at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital as she was beaten up mercilessly allegedly by her husband on Monday.
Alim, a poor farmer beat up Marzina as she protested his habit of gambling.
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