A Dhaka court on Sunday remanded Hasan Syeed, husband of Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, in custody until his trial for attempted murder of his wife.
Metropolitan magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan issued the order, rejecting a petition filed by the defence lawyer for his bail as well as another petition of the investigating officer of the case to remand Hasan in police custody.
The IO, sub-inspector Bahauddin Faruki of the Detective Branch of police, produced Hasan before the court with a petition for remanding him in custody of the DB police for seven more days after keeping him for six days in their custody in four phases.
SI Bahauddin in his petition said Rumana decided to divorce Hasan after he had tortured her on May 21. As Rumana informed him about the decision, he became infuriated and started to beat her brutally. The police recovered an 18-inch iron rod from his bedroom with which he had tortured Rumana.
Hasan was arrested in the city's Mugda area on June 15.
Rumana, an assistant professor of international relations at Dhaka University, was brutally tortured and blinded allegedly by her husband on June 5.
Rumana's father retired major Monzur Hossain filed the case with Dhanmondi police station on June 6.
Meanwhile, a Canadian lawmaker, Nina Grewal, raised the issue of brutal torture on Rumana in the parliament of the country.
'Canadians were horrified to learn of the savage beating inflicted on Rumana Monzur, a barbaric act of violence. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ms Monzur and her daughter, but prayers are not enough... We are addressing these barbaric crimes by supporting programmes like the Indo-Canadian Women's Association's Elimination of Harmful Cultural Practices project. This initiative will empower immigrant girls and young women. Violence should not be and will not be tolerated,' Grewal told the parliament.
Source : New Age
