Horrific tale of a woman

The incident took place on Friday at Paranpur village under Chitalmari upazila in Bagerhat district.

Seventy-year-old Motaleb Shaikh was killed three months ago. His wife Aklima Khanam filed a case with Chitalmari thana, accusing ten persons.

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The accused abducted their daughter Sharifa Khatun, 27, from her father's house Friday morning at arms point and kept her confined in the house of Hanif Shaikh, one of the accused in the murder case.

According to neighbours, Sharifa was stripped off clothes and gangraped by the abductors. They beat her with a hammer and poured dust of dried red chilli into her private part.

On information, her elder brother Zahidur Rahman rush to Barhobaria police camp. Police recovered her from the house of Hanif Shaikh in an unconscious state and sent her to Chitalmari health complex.

In the afternoon on Friday, she was sent to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital in a critical condition. Sharifa regained consciousness at about 6-30 am on Saturday.

Dr Abdus Salam of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital told this corespondent on Saturday that Sharifa is not yet out of danger as she sustained severe injuries in her private part and also in other vital parts of body.

When contacted, Bagerhat Police Superintendent Mesbahuddin Ahmed said he has ordered drastic action against the culprits.

But none was arrested till 4 PM on Saturday. Meanwhile, the alleged abductors of Sharifa have threatened her mother Aklima with death if she files any case for torture of on her daughter. They have also threatened Aklima to withdraw the murder case, sources said.