A husband poured boiling water on his six-month pregnant wife on March 8 after an disagreement centering on dowry, and confined her in a room for four days in Pirojpur.
The name of the victim is Asma Akter, 22, daughter of Atahar Ali Mollah, hailing from the Amtola area of Sadar union under Nazirpur upazila in the district. She got married to Sohag Hawlader, 27, son of Rashid Hawlader of Barisal three years ago.
Locals rescued the critically injured Asma and took her to Nazirpur Upazila Health Complex.
Atahar Ali said he had given Tk10,000 as dowry to his son-in-law during her marriage. However, Sohag started to physically and mentally torture Asma, demanding additional dowry.
Asma said: “I have been pregnant for six month. On March 8, I was cooking rice while Sohag started pressuring me to bring an additional Tk50,000 from my parental house. When I refused, he poured boiling water on me.”
‘’Sohag then confined me in a room and rubbed salt and chilli powder on my wounds. I fled to my father’s house four days after the incident,” she added.
“Some parts of her body were badly burnt,” said upazila health complex Health Assistant A Matin Sarder.
Md Khaleque Hawlader, officer-in-charge of Nazirpur police station said: “I contacted Atahar Ali Mollah upon learning about the incident. I discussed the matter with Pirojpur district police super and the deputy inspector general (DIG) of Barisal police. Atahar was sent to Bananipara police station. A case was filed.
