Housewife 'forced' to drink poison after torture
A housewife was beaten up and forced to drink poison allegedly by her in-laws in the city's Badda yesterday.
The in-laws also made her clasp tight some pills to convince others as if she were trying to kill herself.
The victim, Nabila Nusrat Leena, 22, wife of Saudi expatriate Arifur Rahman Sohel, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.
Nabila told The Daily Star that on October 9 last year, her parents-in-law drove her away from their house but kept Nausheen, her six-month-old daughter, with them.
The local ward councillor along with others took her back to the house yesterday after 'settlements'. As soon as he left, they began torturing her, she alleged.
Nabila said Arifur kidnapped her from in front of Uttar Badda Model High School when she was a student of class VIII seven years ago and married her performing Islamic rituals but with no registration.
Her in-laws did not accept the marriage, but she stayed with them following arbitrations, she said.
Neela said her husband, in Saudi Arabia since 2007, and in-laws now want to keep only Nausheen with them.
Ward Councillor MA Qayyum told The Daily Star that her in-laws were humiliating Nabila for long and urged to settle the matter legally.
Badda police said they heard the incident and would take action after any complaint is filed.
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