Nadia killed for protesting husband's extramarital acts
Suspect police
Qamrun Nahar Nadia, a private university student, was tortured to death by her husband, as she protested her husband's extramarital relations and attempt to grab her father's properties, suspect Nadia's relatives and police. Shahbagh police recovered Nadia's body from her husband Shafiqur Rahman's car parked in front of Roads and Highways Bhaban and arrested him Sunday evening. Shafiq allegedly killed his wife on Sunday morning at his mother's Rayerbazar house in the city and tried to take the body to his village in Gouranadi of Barisal to hide it. Meanwhile, Hazaribagh police placed Shafiq on a 2-day remand after Nadia's brother Sharif filed a case accusing Shafiq, his mother Nurjahan, and brother Jewel. Rafiqul Islam, OC of Hazaribagh, said, Shafiq admitted he had beaten up his wife Nadia following a family feud. But Shafiq claimed Nadia died, as she took sedatives. Dhaka Medical College morgue sources, however, said severe torture resulted into the death of Nadia. "So far we learned that Nadia was Shafiq's third wife and he had extramarital affair with other women", said the OC. Nadia's brother Sujon said, "As we lost our parents earlier, Shafiq killed my sister Nadia as part of his attempt to grab a piece of land in Barisal and also some ornaments of our late mother." "As my sister was not agreed to hand over the land and ornament, Shafiq had been torturing her and finally killed her." Nadia's cousin Dr Md Rafiqul Islam said Nadia and Shafiq got married following an affair in October 2010. Syed Nurul Islam, ADC of Ramna division, said Shafiq tried to take the body away from Dhaka just to hide it. Shahbagh OC Rezaul Karim said they seized two passports, stimulator tablets and a toy pistol from his car. A Correspondent from Barishal adds: Police and locals said Shafiq was a leader of JCD. He is an accused in his father's killing case and three other cases.
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