, Oct. 5 -- A housewife was reportedly tied to a tree and tortured overnight by her husband in Kalyani of Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district on Friday night.

The incident came to light on Sunday as a video footage of the incident went viral on social networking sites.

Shaheen Mirza Sumon, member of local union parishad, said Shefali Begum, a resident of Nijtaj village married Nazrul Islam of the upazila in 2014. Nazrul was married before.

Nazrul along with his first wife Amena Begum used to torture her since her marriage.

Failing to bear the inhuman torture, Shefali took shelter at her relatives for the past one year.

On Friday night, Shefali went to Nazrul's house and upon her arrival, Nazrul said he divorced her.

When Shefali w...