Wife torture and feticide: RAB ASP Shakib in prison

The court denied bail to Nazmus Shakib, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) at RAB headquarters, and sent him to jail in a case brought by his wife on charges of feticide, torture and dowry.

On Tuesday (15 September), Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of the 6th Court for the Suppression of Abuse of Women and Children denied his request for bail and ordered that he be sent to jail.

When bail granted by the High Court expired that day, Nazmus Shakib, his father Safiullah Talukder, and his mother Khaleda Sultana surrendered through a lawyer and requested bail. After the hearing, Judge Nazmus denied Shakib’s request for bail and ordered that he be sent to jail. The court granted bail to Shakib’s father, Safiullah Talukder, and to mother, Khaleda Sultana. His wife Ishrat Rahman filed a case against three people, including ASP Nazmus Shakib, at the Ramna Police Station on the night of June 4.

According to the statement of the case, Ishrat Rahman married Nazmus Shakib in March 2016. Md. Father-in-law since marriage. Safiullah Talukder (60), mother-in-law Khaleda Sultana (52) continued to express her oppressive and dowry-loving attitude. The defendant continued to pressure Ishrat to bring her father’s cash at different times. If they didn’t give her money, they tortured her physically and mentally. For fear of torture, she often brought cash from her father and gave it to the accused.

The complaint further stated that the accused continued to torture Ishrat because she was unable to pay the Tk 12 lakh dowry. When Ishrat became pregnant at that time, the defendants’ level of torture on her increased further. They continued to pressure Ishrat to have an abortion out of fear of divorce. If Ishrat disagrees, increase the level of torture on her. At one point in July 2019, Ishrat’s husband, Nazmus Shakib, had an abortion out of fear of divorce.

JA / MSH / MS