Nipa’s body handed over after 4 years

Staff Correspondent: The body of Hosne Ara Laizu, formerly Nipa Rani Rai, has been handed over after it was laid in a cold mortuary chamber for four years.

Director of Rangpur Medical College Ajoy Roy handed over the body to Domar UNO Umme Fatema and people of Nipa’s father-in-law on Friday.

Earlier, a High Court bench delivered the final verdict in a case which smacks of Shakespearean twists of fate and forlorn love.

The court ordered Hosne Ara Laizu, formerly Nipa Rani Rai, will be buried according to Muslim rites in the same grave as her husband, Humayun Kabir Raju.

In the aftermath of her tragic death, Laizu’s father and father-in-law embroiled themselves in a battle over the performance of her last rites for four years.

Laizu too drank poison in the confines of her room on March 10, 2014. She was immediately hospitalized in a local medical facility, but died the same night.

The police took custody of her corpse to have the autopsy performed. The next day, Lazu’s father Jahurul Islam asked permission to bury her according to Muslim rites. Akshay contested his rights over Laizu and sought to exercise his right as her father to cremate Laizu.

A magistrate court in Nilphamari awarded the right to Jahurul, but Akshay appealed against the order to a judge court. The judge court ruled in favour of Akshay, which was again challenged by Jahurul in the High Court.

For four long years, Laizu’s body laid in a cold mortuary chamber, while two fathers who had tragically lost their children fought over the right to perform her last rites.



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