Man held in case filed by his 8th wife in Comilla

Police arrested a polygamous person at Monaharganj Upazila in Comilla district on Friday in a dowry-related case filed by his eighth wife. The arrestee was identified as Abu Zafar, 55, son of late Abdul Hamid of Hatimara village of the Upazila. Locals said Zafar married Maksuda Akhter, daughter of Shafiqur Rahman of Paschim Dhonbari of Chouddagram Upazila in 2005 as his eighth wife. After the marriage, he created pressure on his wife to bring Tk 0.5 million from her father for going aboard. Later, he went aboard with Tk 0.38m given by Maksuda’s father. Returning home in 2011, Zafar again demanded Tk 0.5m as dowry from his father-in-law. Refused, he had started torturing Maksuda. Afterwards, Maksuda lodged a case against his husband with a local court. The court issued a warrant for his arrest as he refrained from appearing before it. Maksuda said after marriage, she came to know that greedy Zafar earlier married seven girls and later four more. Officer-in-charge of Monaharganj Police Station Abdul Hye Sarker said they produced Zafar before the court concerned which sent him to jail, according to UNB.