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Domestic worker brutally tortured in Dhaka

Treatment underway in Mymensingh

Our Correspondent, Mymensingh
Twenty-two-year old Begum Akter wanted to live her life with dignity.
This correspondent spoke to her family members yesterday, while she was undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), after being tortured by her employers in Dhaka.
Begum is from Raulerchar village in Ishwarganj upazila. Her father Shamsuddin died when she was very young, subinspector (SI) of Ishwarganj Police Station Shawon Chakraborty said, quoting her family members.
After a very difficult childhood, Begum came to Dhaka and started to work as domestic help to make ends meet.
In 2016, she was married off to a youth of the same upazila. But, some eight months ago, her husband divorced her, leaving her with no support
Finding no other means to survive, Begum came to Dhaka with the help of a neighbour and managed a job of a domestic help at the house of a man Abul Kalam of Maniknagar area three months ago, the subinspector said.
"The couple tortured heron every excuse for the last three months," said the SI, quoting the victim.
"There are burn injuries on Begum's body, inflicted by hot iron. The couple also cut off her hair and threatened her with life," the police official said, adding that her
injuries were left untreated.
As the infection from her wounds spread, the couple left her on a Mymensingh-bound bus on Saturday evening.
Victim's brother-in-law Abul Hashem said the bus driver called him around 10:00pm on Saturday, telling him the couple left Begum on the bus and asked the driver to take her to Mymensingh.
"I requested him to help her board Begum in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw so that she can reach Ishwarganj. She arrived home around 3:00am on Sunday", said Hashem.
Begum's family members took her to Ishwarganj Police Station and a case was lodged accusing six persons including Kalam and his wife Shilpi.
She was also admitted to Ishwarganj Upazila Health Complex on Sunday evening.
After primary check-up. Dr KM Zobair Alam of the emergency department at the health centre said Begum had injury marks in several parts of her body including her face.
“She is suffering from infections from her injuries and is traumatised both physically and mentally. For better treatment she was referred to MMCH", the doctor said.
Rumela Begum, mother of the victim, demanded proper investigation into the incident and justice for her daughter.
Police started investigation, said Shaker Hossain Siddiquee, additional police superintendent. However nobody was yet arrested, he added.