Annual report 2011 - Global Hand

Case Study-5
Two years ago, Morgina Begum of Tetla Village, Banaripara Upazila married Rafiqul Islam in
a village near about. As it was love marriage, the father & mother in laws have not accepted
this marriage and started mental torture. In one stage Rafiqul married again leaving the
family.
After this, the father & mother in laws drove Margina out and when Morgina went to UP
Chairman for settlement, he passed verdict in favor of Rafiqul and settled divorce with Taka
5000. Morgina hasn’t accepted this settlement and came to Watchdog and JFC.
After the Focal point went to Rafiqul with other 5 members but he did not pay any
importance. After this when warning issued to file a case, they came to a settlement and on
10/07/2005, they paid Taka 50,000 and the divorce took place. This Taka 50,000 now saved
with the bank account of Morgina. The incidence mobilized the area.
Case study by : Farida Yasmin Milky
Project Coordinator, LTN
Case Study-6
Name of the Victim : Mossamat Parul Akter
Father : Altaf Gazi
Mother : Tahamina Begum
Age : 15 years
Address : Vill : Bhorpasa,
UZ : Bakergonj, Barisal
The Family History :
Parul Akter, student of class eight, is the eldest daughter among 4 children of her parents
and her father is a saw mill technician. Taking advantage of the poverty of the parents, Liton
Hawlader – 30 years, son of Md. Kashem Ali Hawlader, live in the adjacent village called
Bhobanipur in Padrisibpur Union, Bakergonj, forcefully married Parul. After marriage when
Parul complained of sexual, physical and mental torture of her husband to her parents, her
husband became furious and taking signature from Parul’s parents on Government Stamp,
he declared if Parul died, he would not be responsible. He took Parul to Dhaka at Postogola
and kept Parul in a rented house where many of his friends started to propose many lewd
matters.
On hearing all these, her husband again started to torture her and one day on 29 th day
before came to Dhaka , asked her to accompany him to Asulia . On a micro bus , Liton took
Parul beside him but Parul started to sweat. Liton dried sweat with a handkerchief and
suddenly Parul sensed numbness in hands and feet. On her consciousness, Parul found in a
Police Station where everyone was speaking Hindi. After inquiring, she reported that she
had been captured by Puna Police in India and would be produced to Court. The Indian
Court later sent her to Mrs. Desh Pandey’s Care Homes.
Parul husband Liton reported her parent that Parul escaped with Taka 1,00,000 with other
boy and so, he filed a dairy in the court. Now her parents tried to free her from India Home
and told to the Project Officer Zahid Iqbal of LTN to help them so that Parul could be brought
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