Dhaka, June 16 -- A petition has been filed at a Dhaka court asking for a case to be taken up over the death of doctor Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra in Dhaka's Dhanmondi against four people, including her doctor husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Dhipra's relative Md Mashiur Rahman Shah filed the petition with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana's court on Tuesday, alleging negligence leading to her death, torture and concealment of evidence by burying her without a postmortem.

The court has recorded the plaintiff's statement and is awaiting an order, said the plaintiff's lawyer, Deputy Attorney General Md Farhad Hossain Niyon.

The petition has requested the suspects in the case to be listed as Dhipra's husband Dr Rahmat Rashid, h...