BANGLADESH

The High Court has asked the Detective Branch (DB) of police to submit an investigation report by Nov 30 on alleged torture of Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur by her husband.

The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Mohammad Nuruzzaman passed the order on Tuesday after accepting a report submitted by the government that said the case over the torture of Rumana, who lost her eyes in a wild attack by her husband Syeed Hasan Sumon on June 5, was handed over to the DB police.

Deputy attorney general A B M Altaf Hossain told  that earlier the court had directed the Dhanmondi Police Station to investigate the incident.

Sumon was arrested on June 16 noon from his relative's residence in the city's Mugda area, hours after the High Court summoned the investigation officer of the case, Dhanmondi Police Station officer-in-charge and Dhanmondi Circle assistant commissioner to appear before it to explain their failure to arrest the accused.

Rumana, an assistant professor of international relations department of Dhaka University, was severely assaulted on June 5 at her father's residence at Dhanmondi.

She was admitted to LabAid Specialised Hospital on the day.

Victim's father Manzur Hossain, a retired army man, filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station the following day.

Rumana was later brought to India for better treatment. Now she is undergoing treatment in Canada.