A series of events have been declared to ensure justice over the death of former Rajshahi University student Wahida Shefat who was killed allegedly by her husband and in-laws for dowry on March 29.
The movement’s programme feature silent procession, human chain, rally and submission of memorandum to police authorities.
However, the events will be held on Rajshahi University campus as well at the Rajshahi city’s Shaheb Bazar intersection, said Meherul Sujon, a classmate of the deceased and a key organiser of the events.
Three cases have been filed over the death of a former student of Rajshahi University Owahida Shefat, who committed suicide because of allegedly being tortured and pressure by her husband for dowry. Shefat’s uncle Mizanur Rahman Khandakar filed the cases with Rajpara police station on Thursday night.
Rajpara OC Mehedi Hasan said the cases were filed against Shefat’s husband Md Asif, father-in-law Mohammad Hossain Ramjan and mother-in-law Nazmun Nahar Nazli under the Women and Child Repression Act.
In the cases, the complainant claimed that Asif had been torturing and pressuring Shefat for Tk20 lakh as dowry.
“Because of the depression, Shefat committed suicide to get relief from the pressure of Asif,” the OC said quoting the complainant in the cases.
Shefat, 27, was the daughter of Aminul Islam, a high official of Bangladesh Agriculture Bank’s Dhaka branch.
Shefat, a graduate from Mass Communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi University, was married to Asif five years ago in Rajshahi. She had been living with her laws at Mahisbathan in the city.
Shefat’s elder bother Asiful Islam said: “Her in-laws found her body in her bedroom around 9:25pm on March 29 and rushed her to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where the doctor declared her dead.”
According to the forensic report there was a red mark on Shefat’s neck and inury marks were noticed on the head during the post-mortem.
The Investigation Officer of the cases Shariful Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that Asif was detained after the killing and was under police custody.