Aduri to get land, new house soon

"> Aduri, flanked by her mother and brother, reaches Patuakhali town by a launch on their way to home at Katurataluk village in Joinkathi union under Sadar upazila on Thursday. PHOTO: STAR 

The family of 11-year-old Aduri, who survived brutal torture by employer in Dhaka, is going to get a piece of land and a new house, thanks to the initiative of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benjir Ahmed.
Patuakhali Superintendent of Police Rafiqul Hasan Goni visited Aduri at her home at Katurataluk village in Joinkathi union under Patuakhali Sadar upazila on Thursday and informed her family of the matter.
"The DMP commissioner expressed his desire to give a piece of land and a new house for Aduri and we are looking for the land at her village," said Md Monirul Islam, OC of Patuakhali Police Station.
Local UP chairman Md Feroz Alam said police officials asked him to chose a piece of land for building a new house for Aduri and he is trying best to select it.
As this correspondent visited Aduri's house on Friday afternoon, she said, "They [her employer in Dhaka] are very cruel. I will never go to Dhaka again."
Aduri needs more treatment for full recovery as she is suffering from fever and feels pain in her body, said Aduri's mother Safia Begum.
On September 23, two women rescued Aduri from a dustbin at DOHS Baridhara in Dhaka in a serious condition as Aduri's employer Nowrin Jahan left the girl there, after brutally torturing her.
Later police brought her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and after treatment for one and a half months there, she was handed to her family on November 3.
Safia Begum sent Aduri, seventh of her nine children, to Dhaka for work as the woman had to struggle hard for maintenance of the family since her husband Khaleque Mridha died three years ago.