'JMB man' kills wife for protesting his activities
Police arrested Jalal Fakir, 30, Imam of Bogi Jame Mosque under Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district on Friday on charge of attempting to kill his wife Ayesha Akhter, 24.
Ayesha is now fighting for life at Khulna Medical College and Hospital (KMCH) as she sustained serious head injuries.
According to police, Jalal attacked Ayesha as she protested his link with banned militant outfit Jamaat-e-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Jalal Fakir is also a teacher of a madrasa in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district.
He attacked his wife at 3:30pm on Friday with a large dagger at their bedroom at Bogi village. He cut two fingers of left leg and tendons of right leg after hitting Ayesha Akhter in her head.
Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to the spot and rescued profusely bleeding Ayesha and admitted her to Khulna Medical College Hospital.
OC Azizul Huq of Sharankhola police station said a case had been filed at 10:00pm on Friday naming Jalal as lone accused. The accused was arrested immediately after the incident, OC said.
The OC, quoting statements of some locals, said Jalal Fakir is an ehsar of JMB. Relations with his wife Ayesha got strained when she came to know her husband's closed link with JMB and strongly protested his clandestine activities with other JMB cadres, he added.
In Narayanganj, a newly married housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband at Chamurkandi village in Araihazar upazila on Thursday night, reports UNB.
The victim was identified as Shahinur, 19, wife of Abu Bakar of the village.
Police said, Sahinur, daughter of Amjad Mia of Raudgaon village in Sonargaon upazila, was married to Abu Bakar, son of Sanaullah of Chamurkandi village four months back.
Neighbours said, since their marriage Abu Bakar used to torture her for dowry.
On the fateful night Abu Bakar picked up a quarrel with Shahinur over the issue and at one stage he with the help of his family members beat her to death.
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