<i>Father sells baby,mother rescues</i>
A cruel father in Mithapukur upazila under the district went into hiding after selling his two-month-old baby for Tk 5,000 around a month ago, allegedly following his extra-marital affairs. Fortunately, the baby's mother Momena Begum got her back by giving the same amount of money to the purchaser on Friday, 27 days after the incident. Momena, daughter of Mobar Ali of Shaltipara village under Mithapukur upazila, married Angur Mian, a brick kiln worker of Fotepur village in the same upazila, around 10 years ago, locals and family sources said. They have now two children -- three-year-old Majharul and three-month-old Angura. "A few years ago Angur Mian involved in an extra-marital affair with a local woman. As I protested the matter, he often tortured me," Momena said. "In mid-December last year, Angur Mian went out from the house along with our baby Angura. Searching every possible place I and my family members failed to trace them. Then we sought help from the villagers who caught Angur Mian's nephew (sister's son) Azhar and quizzed him about the incident. "At one stage Azhar admitted that Angur Mian sold his daughter Angura to Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Narirhat area under Rangpur Sadar upazila," she said. Desperate to get back her kid, Momena managed Tk 5,000 by selling everything she could. Then she went to Rafiqul Islam's house at Narirhat area and rescued her baby after paying back the money to Rafiqul on Friday. “As my husband, also the only earning member of the family, went into hiding, I have taken shelter at a relative's house at Koikuri village under Pirgachha upazila in Rangpur district. Now I am passing a miserable life,†Momena said. Nishat Nahar, a human rights activist of the area, said, “I demand exemplary punishment of Angur Mian for his inhuman act.â€
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