Nurse tortured to death in city

Haimanti Sarker (22), a nurse of a private hospital in city’s Mirpur area was allegedly tortured to death by a young man for refusing to marry him. The incident took place at a flat in the city’s Rupnagar Housing area on Thursday.
The man has been identified as Chandra Shekhar, a degree student of Agailjhara College of Barisal. Chandra Shekhar, who comes from Ujirpur, Barisal, himself surrendered to Rupnagar thana.
Haimanti was working at Adhunik Hospital in city’s Mirpur. She was living with a friend at a rented house in the city’s Mirpur-10. Chandra Shekhar had
invited Haimanti to a house in city’s Rupnagar Housing on phone on Thursday.
There he proposed to marry her, which she flatly refused, victim’s family alleged. Chandra Shekhar became angry as she refused to marry him, victim’s family further alleged. As she fell sick following torture, Haimanti was taken to Suhrawardy Hospital.
When her condition deteriorated there , she was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) for ICU support. Later, she was quickly shifted to Central Hospital as ICU support at DMCH was not available , victim’s family said. She died in the evening.
Rupnagar thana police said that on receipt of post mortem report Chandra Shekhar may be taken on remand for interrogation.