Cheated, tortured, where will she go now?
Tortured allegedly by wooer and his family at Baro Kamlabari village of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat, a young woman of a poor family is undergoing treatment at the upazila health complex.
The victim, Nurunnahar Begum, 20, daughter of small farmer Sohrab Hossain and Honufa Begum of Baro Kamlabari village, passed the SSC examinations last year but could not continue her study due to financial problem.
Neighbour Faruque Ahamed Farhad, 25, developed an affair with the girl four years ago and the matter became known in the village, said several villagers, adding that as Nurunnahar's poor parents tried to arrange her marriage on several occasions Farhad managed to stop it by saying that he will marry the girl.
With the help of police, villagers rescued Nurunnahar Begum in a critical condition from Farhad's house on Saturday noon and took her to Aditmari upazila health complex, they said.
"On Thursday night, Farhad called me to his home and told me that he would not marry me. As I strongly protested and determined not to move from there, they confined me to a room. Farhad, his elder brothers Sheikh Farid and Badsha Alam, mother Fatema Begum and uncle Rafiz Uddin tortured me mercilessly. They kept me without any food on Thursday night and the whole of Friday. They took decision to kill me. Luckily villagers rescued me,” Nurunnahar said at the health complex yesterday morning.
“If I don't get justice I will commit suicide,” she said.
“They [Farhad's family] have money and power. They are giving us death threats not to file any case with the police station or court,” said the victim's mother Honufa Begum amid tears.
The victim's cousin Abdus Sattar said they could not file case or complain regarding the matter as of yesterday noon as the men of the torturer family have taken position near health complex, gate of the police station and court area to watch us.
Denying the allegation of torture on and harassment to the girl, Farhad's mother Fatema Begum said, "My son Farhad did not have any affairs with Nurunnahar Begum. Some culprits are trying to harass us."
Aditmari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahfuzur Rahman said police will take action if the victim's family files a case.
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