Ani fighting for life being tortured by in-laws

Informed by neighbouring people, parents of Ani went to the rented house where Ani and her husband have been living for the last few months and found that she was lying at the courtyard and her legs and hands were fastened with ropes. They then hurriedly took her to the hospital. Mujibur Rahman, father of Ani, told the Dhaka Tribune that family members of Khairul Islam,  husband of Ani, had been torturing her since the beginning of their marriage because they did not like her due to their financial condition. Family of Khairul was putting pressure on him to give divorce to her. Due to their pressure, Khairul has been living separately in a rented house in Kathora area for the last few months. The couple has a one and half year old daughter. On Thursday, a decision was taken at an arbitration meeting that Kahirul would give divorce to Ani and give two kathas of land as Denmohor, an amount of money to be paid to the bride by the bridegroom in a Muslim marriage. On Monday, Kharul’s family called upon Ani saying that they would give the land to her. When she went there, they tortured her inhumanly in which Ani lost her sense. Then, they left the house putting her at the courtyard. Rezaul Hasan Reza, officer-in-charge of Jaidevpur police station, told the Dhaka Tribune that police had visited the spot. Sumi Akter, sister of Ani, filed a case accusing five people. Police arrested Md Afaz Uddin, uncle of Khairul for his alleged involved with the assault. Pronoy Kumar Das, residential medical officer of the hospital said the condition of Ani was critical and they were observing her physical state.