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| UP chairman held for torturing woman |
| 2011-07-22 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A union parishad chairman of Bagerhat, who was allegedly involved in torturing a housewife during village arbitration, was set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock at the High Court premises on Thursday. Mozammel Hossain, chairman of Southkhali union in Sharankhola upazila, was nabbed when he went to attend a HC summon. Firoza Begum, a housewife, was mercilessly beaten up at village arbitration in June in the presence of a large number of locals including the chairman on charge of having an extramarital relationship. After the news of the torture was reported in newspaper and television channels, the HC issued a suo moto rule on July 14 in which it asked the Southkhali chairman to appear before the court. Responding to the rule, Mozammel appeared before a HC bench. A police team from Sharankhola Police Station, led by Abdul Aziz, the officer-in-charge, also appeared before the bench of Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore. The court asked the OC to explain why police turned down Firoza from lodging a case and why they refrained from taking any action against the chairman. In reply, Abdul Aziz said police did not find any evidence of the chairman's involvement in the torture. The court later ordered police to arrest Mozammel. The police team later set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock the chairman when he emerged out of the courtroom. The court fixed July 25 for its next order and directed police to produce Firoza on that day. |
| Posted by:Fred |