SI jailed for 3 years in dowry case in Jashore UNB, Jashore UNB, Jashore
A Jashore court yesterday sentenced a sub-inspector (SI) to three years jail in a dowry case filed in 2019.
The convict is SI Azam Mahmud, who was suspended and attached to Kushtia Police Lines following the incident.
Jashore Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Nilufar Shirin delivered the judgment.
According to the case statement, Azam demanded Tk 1.5 lakh as dowry from his wife after he was promoted to assistant sub-inspector. After his promotion to SI, he demanded another Tk 5 lakh from his in-laws.
He used to torture his wife Rabeya Aktar for the money and had married a second time.