A man, under the pretence of providing a job, sold his wife to a brothel in Doulatdiya of Rajbari. However, police rescued the victim and arrested the husband and three others.
The arrestees are the husband Rana, 23, from Gazipur Sadar upazila, his brothers Ashraful Islam, 25, and Abdul Alim, 32, and the brothel keeper Brishti Akhter, 30. All of them were sent to jail after a court hearing on Thursday afternoon, Gazipur police said.
Gazipur Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Inspector Khandaker Shawkat Jahan said: “Rana and his wife Ayesha Akhter met while working at a garment factory and got married two years back. However, since the marriage, Rana had been demanding dowry from his in-laws.
“Rana even suggested that his in-laws sell Ayesha to give him the money. Later, on June 3, he lured his wife to Doulatdiya with the offer of a job and sold her to a pimp for Tk65,000.”
Inspector Khandaker said a few weeks ago Ayesha contacted her family using the mobile phone of a visitor at the brothel named Salauddin and revealed her situation.
On June 21, Abdul Baten, husband of Ayesha’s sister, filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act in Gazipur.
Later, the PBI conducted a drive at the brothel on Wednesday, taking Salauddin along with them, rescued Ayesha and arrested the brothel keeper; Rana and his brothers were arrested from his home the next morning, said the investigator.