Wicked father, criminal son
Husband Shah Alam Biswas allegedly killed his wife Ikasi Khatun, 25, by pushing a poisonous injection Wednesday night, police said yesterday.
He pushed the injection on her right leg when she was asleep at their house at Marun village in Chowgachha upazila. As her body started getting cool, the husband raised a hue and cry that his wife was bitten by a snake.
He called a 'oza' (snake charmer) Sobdul. The two pushed two more injections in the name treatment and she died.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Ikasi was the third wife of Shah Alam. She was five months' pregnant.
Quoting villagers, police also said Shah Alam's two former wives left his house alleging that their father-in-law had attempted to violate them.
It is alleged that about six months back, Shah Alam's father tried to violate Ikabi Khatun also.