Sheuly Begum (28) got married to cable operator Azizul Haque Liton to save her father and her family. This was her second marriage – a marriage that cost her life. Her mother Rahima Khatun alleges that Sheuly’s husband, Azizul Haque Liton (40), a cable operator of Anarpura village under Gojaria Police Station, killed her.
On January 3, 2013 Sheuly Begum went missing from 8:00pm. She could not be found anywhere. On January 5, 2013 at around 1:30pm, Sheuly Begum’s body was found some 300 yards east of number 16 Uttar Shahpur Government Primary School. Sheuly’s mother Rahima Begum filed a case as the complainant at Gojaria Police Station against Azizul Haque Liton and 2/3 unknown people of Anarpura village in Gojaria Police Station of Munshiganj district under section 11(Ka)/30 of the Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act, 2000 (amended 2003). Case number: 3; dated: 05/01/2013. While the case is currently undergoing investigation, the police could not arrest Azizul Haque Liton, as he is absconding.
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