An employee of Power Development Board (PDB) in Bandarban was arrested for confining and torturing his wife for two years.
Police arrested PDB line helper Sagor Chowdhury and rescued the victim Naima Afroz Lucky following complaint by Naima’s mother on Friday evening.
Amir Hossain, officer in-charge (investigation) of Bandarban Sadar police station said a case was filed under the Women and Child Repression Act against Sagor.
According to Naima’s mother Lutfa Begum, Sagor had been demanding Tk2 lakh, a motorcycle and gold since their marriage in 2011.
Two years ago, Sagor brought Naima to Bandarban and had kept her in confinement since. When Lutfa Begum came to visit her daughter on Friday, she found the doors locked and informed the police, who rushed to the scene and rescued Naima in physically injured condition.
She was then admitted to Bandarban Sadar Hospital, where doctors found several injury marks on her body.
Naima alleged that Sagor and his sister would blindfold her and physically torture her regularly for dowry.
Neighbour Ayesha Begum said the couple was unsocial and Naima would never go out of the house. Sagor, however, denied the allegation of torture and said he never demanded dowry.
