Arbitration
UP chairman arrested on charge of torturing two women
The union parishad (UP) chairman who allegedly led the cruel torture on two women in the name of village arbitration in Rangpur on June 26, was arrested from the capital yesterday.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), an elite force, arrested Madhupur UP Chairman Aynal Haque and his associate Saiful Islam Mandal from Kakrail area around 11:45am.
Some influential villagers led by the chairman beat up Hafiza Begum Happy and her sister Saheda Begum mercilessly in the arbitration at Kashiganj village of Badarganj upazila.
According to the witnesses, they beat up both the women by tying up their hands and legs in presence of several hundred people, leaving them senseless. The victims were beaten up again after their recovery.
The arbitration held Happy and Shaheda responsible for the death of Happy's husband Hashem Ali, who committed suicide on June 25 by taking poison.
Later, an officer of the women and children affairs department filed a case against 17 villagers, including the chairman, on July 6 in connection with the torture.
Police earlier arrested Enamul Haque, Awami League president of Madhupur union unit, Enamul Haque, BNP president of the union and Mahbubur Rahman, a local.
Major Kurshid Alam, deputy director of legal and media wing of Rab, said during the primary interrogation Aynal admitted that he was present at the arbitration.
“Both AL leader Enamul and BNP leader Enamul beat the women roping their lags and hands,” said a Rab official quoting Aynal.
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