30-year-old Rafiqul Islam, who is a migrant worker in the United Arab Emirates, blindfolded his wife Hawa Akhter, 21, and taped her mouth, telling her he was going to give her a surprise present.
The jealous husband, who didn’t like that his wife wanted to start studying for a degree chopped off her fingers to prevent her from continuing because she didn’t have his permission.
Dailymail reported that the man who is now facing life in prison after chopping off his wife’s fingers had tricked her by blindfolding her, made her hold out her hand and cut off all five fingers.
To make the matter worse, one of Islam’s relatives then threw Akhter’s fingers in the dustbin to ensure doctors could not reattach them.
The evil man had earlier warned his wife there would be ‘severe consequences’ if she did not give up her studies.
”After he came back to Bangladesh, he wanted to have a discussion with me. Suddenly, he blindfolded me and tied my hand. He also taped my mouth saying that he would give me some surprise gifts. But, instead he cut off my fingers.”
The Bangladesh police chief, Mohammed Saluddin, confirmed the sad news saying Islam had confessed after he was arrested in the capital, Dhaka, and will face charges of permanent dis-figuration.
”He was enraged. He was jealous because while he only had a grade eight standard education, she was off to college to pursue higher studies,” said Mr Saluddin.
Human rights groups are also demanding life imprisonment. Speaking of the incident, Akhter said she is learning to write with her left hand and is determined to resume her studies. She is however back at her parent’s house.
The attack is the latest in a series of acts targeting educated women in the Muslim-majority company.
In June, an unemployed man gouged out the eyes of his wife, an assistant professor at Dhaka University, apparently because he could not stand her pursuing higher studies at a Canadian University.
Smh. He should get life imprisonment straight up.
They should chop off his two hands and legs before throwing him into jail.