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Raid on Pir's House

His captive wives, kids rescued

Our Correspondent, Bagerhat
Kept confined in their home for years, two wives, three daughters and a son of a self-styled "pir” were finally rescued by police in the town on Thursday.
Law enforcers raided the Shorui house of Sheikh Noor Mohammad, director of Mohammadia Khanqah Sharif and Orphanage, and rescued the six.
They are Noor's first wife Kulsum Begum, 58, second wife Parveen Akhter, 35, daughter Fatema Akhter, 35, with his first wife, daughters Salma Akhter, 11, Nurjahan, 6, and son Mahbub Billah, 3, with his second wife.
Police raided the house after receiving a complaint from Noor's son Sheikh Baqui Billah, said Md Ali Azam Khan, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station.
Noor, however, managed to flee the scene.
In the afternoon, the six were sent to Khulna divisional safe home in Bagerhat through a local court.
Noor's wives and elder daughter Fatema described the torture they underwent at the house before Chief Judicial Magistrate Abu Taher of Bagerhat.
Baqui Billah said his father is a very conservative Muslim. Claiming himself to be a "pir" (spiritual leader), Noor set up a madrasa-cum-orphanage on his own land at Mahoganytola under Shatgambuj union near the town.
Nobody had access to Noor's house. When he went out of the house with no window, he used to keep the main door locked from outside.
The self-styled "pir" married Kulsum 41 years ago and she has been confined in the house since then. Her father died a few years ago and even then she could not get out of the house to pay last respects to her father.
According to Baqui Billah, his father married four times. He married Parveen Akhter about 15 years ago and since then she had been languishing in the house.
Seeing the torture on the first two wives of Noor, his two other wives managed to flee the house.
Kulsum Begum said her son Baqui Billah contrived to get one of her daughters out of the house, took her to Khulna and married her off. Infuriated at this, Noor tried to kill his son by hiring goons.
Two years ago, Parveen Akhter succeeded in fleeing to her father's house. But her husband brought her back home with the help of his followers and kept her chained in the house.