Police have recovered the body of a woman from an ambulance in Lamakazi area of Sylhet’s Bishwanath on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Makhlichun Begum (32), daughter of Abdus Salam of Mirzargaon village in Lamakazi union of Bishwanath upazila.
It was learned that she was 5 months pregnant but had an abortion and died on Saturday night while undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (OMCH).
According to the locals, Makhlichun Begum lived in her father’s house with her two children after her husband left her. She worked as a maid at the house of Komla Mia, a night guard at Lamakazi Bazar, to make ends meet.
Komla Mia made Makhlichun marry 70-year-old Raich Ali of Sattish village of the same upazila. On the fourth day of the marriage, Raich Ali found that Makhlichun was 5-month pregnant. Later, he with Komla Mia took her to OMCH for an abortion.
Returning from the hospital on Friday afternoon, Raich Ali refused to accept Makhlichun as his wife and she was sent back to her father’s house.
That evening, Makhlichun in a critical condition was taken back to the hospital by her father with help of the police.
On the same night, the police arrested Komla Mia and Raich Ali.
On Saturday night while her father Abdus Salam was at Bishwanath police station with local UP member Abul Kalam to file a case, heard that his daughter died at the hospital while undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, an unidentified woman who claimed to be a guardian of Makhlichun, with an ambulance from the hospital took the body for Lamakazi, in the early hours of Sunday. On the way she got down from the ambulance in Medina Market area and was not seen again.
Locals held that ambulance roaming in the area with the woman’s body and informed the police.
On Sunday morning police recovered the body and seized the ambulance.
Bishwanath Police Station SI Alok said that the body was recovered and sent to OMCH for autopsy.
Makhlichun Begum’s father Abdus Salam said he lived in Shahparan area of Sylhet Sadar Upazila for his work, leaving his daughter alone at home. Raich Ali with the help of Komla Mia illegally married his daughter, that he had not known.
“Upon the information of my daughter’s illness on Friday (August 20) evening I went home and found Makhlichun lying devastated in a pool of blood.”
Abdus Salam alleged that his daughter Makhlichun was raped.
In this regard Bishwanath Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Gazi Ataur Rahman said whether Makhlichun was raped or not could be said after the autopsy. Two people have already been arrested and a case has been filed in this regard.
Source: United News of Bangladesh