Ex-cop surrenders, lands in jail for torturing wife in Sylhet

A Sylhet court today sent a former inspector of Nabiganj Police Station to jail, in a case filed over torturing his wife for dowry.

Manikul Islam, who had been absconding for a period of almost six years since the incident, was posted at Nabiganj as police inspector back in 2017.

Sylhet Additional District and Session Judge Mizanur Rahman Bhuiya passed the order after rejecting his bail petition in the case.

Earlier, in the day, Manikul, who remained absconding for a long time, surrendered before the court after the court issued an arrest warrant against him.

According to the prosecution, Manikul got married to a Bangladeshi expatriate in Canada after providing false information in September 2014.

Later, he put pressure on his wife to take him to Canada. Later, the woman, a physician by profession, managed a visa for Manikul.

But by then, Manikul refused to go to Canada and instead demanded Tk 50 lakh from his wife.

On June 18, 2017, when the wife returned home from Canada, he picked her up saying he would drop her at her parents house. Later he demanded Tk 50 lakh again.

When the victim refused to give the money, Manikul hit her.

At one stage, the man snatched away her passport, credit card, five tolas of gold (58g), and 5,000 Canadian dollars.

When the vehicle reached Aushkandi Hiraganj on Dhaka-Sylhet highway, he tried to strangle the victim.

Hearing screams, local people intercepted the vehicle and took the victim to a local hospital. Manikul fled the scene.

After recovering from the incident, the woman filed a case against Manikul.