Man held for torturing wife for dowry in Cumilla
Crime
03 July, 2021, 07:05 pm
Last modified: 03 July, 2021, 07:19 pm
The accused, Md Hasan, 40, was arrested after his wife filed a written complaint on 2 July, said Mohammad Ayub, officer-in-charge of Lalmai Police Station
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Police today arrested a man on charge of torturing his wife at Baraipur in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla district.
The accused, Md Hasan, 40, was arrested after his wife filed a written complaint on 2 July, said Mohammad Ayub, officer-in-charge of Lalmai Police Station.
According to the victim and police, the woman got married to Hasan around 19 years and they have two children.
Recently, Hasan, a poultry businessman, pressured his wife for dowry though he already took financial help from his father-in-law several times.
On 19 June, Hasan and his brother Hossain tortured the woman physically with a toilet cleaner brush and shaved her head as she did not agree to give the money.
On 24 June, they tortured the woman for a second time.
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