Female doctor accuses DU lecturer of denying marriage
A doctor yesterday alleged that a Dhaka University lecturer had married her in 2008 but was now denying that the marriage ever happened and had been torturing her physically and mentally for Tk 5 lakh as dowry.
But the accused, Dr Nuruddin Alo, lecturer in the political science department, refuted the allegations and on the contrary claimed that the doctor, Nur Nahar, was only an acquaintance and embezzled Tk 30 lakh from him.
Dr Nahar at a press conference in the city's Dhaka Reporters Unity claimed that Nuruddin married her on September 19, 2008 with the consent of both their families.
But, within a week of their marriage, Nuruddin started demanding Tk 5 lakh and began torturing her physically and mentally, she said.
Dr Nahar, a Chittagong resident, said, “I could not bear the torture and filed a case against Nuruddin on May 5, 2009 with Khulshi Police Station of Chittagong district.”
She said Nuruddin filed a “false” case with Shahbagh Police Station on January 17, 2012 accusing her and five of her family of embezzling Tk 30 lakh from him.
Dr Nahar also alleged that Nuruddin had threatened to kill her over phone several times.
Yesterday she presented some photographs showing her with Nuruddin but she failed to provide any legal document of the marriage.
Talking to The Daily Star, Nuruddin termed the accusations “fabricated and ill-motivated”.
“I did not marry her and she must have not been able to prove the matrimony. Nahar staged a drama to get rid of the charge of embezzling Tk 30 lakh,” he said.
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