<i>Teacher burnt to death allegedly by husband</i>
Bina Rani Roy
A schoolteacher, set on fire allegedly by her husband at South Goddimari village in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district on July 1, succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday. The victim, Bina Rani Roy, 32, assistant teacher of Hatibandha AR Kindergarten School, was admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital and then referred to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she died at noon. Her husband Sukumar Roy, 40, office assistant at Lalmonirhat district primary education office, has gone into hiding since the incident. Police quoted locals and victim's family as saying that Sukumar has developed an illicit affair with a schoolteacher of Hatibandha Milonbazar Goverment Primary School and decided to marry her. He picked up quarrel with his wife Bina Rani on the night of July 1 as she refused to sign a paper, giving her consent to husband's second marriage. At one stage, Sukumar beat up Bina, tied her to a pole and set fire to her body. Hearing scream, neighbours rushed to the house and took Bina to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. As her condition deteriorated, the RMCH doctors on July 4 referred her to the burn unit of DMCH where she died at around 11:45pm on Tuesday. Officer-in-Charge of Hatibandha Police Station AKM Enamul Kabir told this correspondent that a murder case against Sukumar Roy was filed with the police station yesterday. Teachers and students of Hatibandha AR Kindergarten School yesterday held a protest rally at Hatibandha upazila auditorium. Chaired by Nuruzzaman, principal of the school, the rally was addressed, among others, by Hatibandha upazila Vice Chairman Mukti Rani Sarker, local women's leader Anowara Begum, JP leader Nurul Amin, and BCL leader Tofiuzzaman. They speaker demanded immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment to the killer.
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