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An Indian-origin doctor based in London was arrested from North 24-Paragnas (West Bengal) hours before he was about to fly back to Britain, on a torture complaint filed by his wife. Tarif Rehman, 32, was picked up from a relative's house where he was staying. He was scheduled to fly to Delhi and board a flight to London. Rehman had married Sofia Ahmed, who is in her 20s, in 2005 at her ancestral home in Dent Mission Row in Calcutta's Ekbalpore area, police said. "My father Wazir Ahmed (a London-based businessman) gave the entire dowry my husband's family had demanded. He had to pay Rs 2 lakh in cash and give jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh," Sofia, a British national by birth, had said in a complaint filed on 31 January 2009. She alleged that she was tortured mentally and physically. "He kept asking for more money," the complaint said. An officer from Ekbalpore police station said: "It was an arranged marriage. Rehman had done his MBBS from the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital. After the marriage, he shifted to London with Sofia and studied further. Wazir funded his studies. The couple used to live at Canterbury in London." Sofia left London with Wazir and reached Calcutta on 26 December. "Unable to bear his daughter's plight, Sofia's father decided to bring her back to the Ekbalpore house," the officer said. Sofia told the police that her parents had tried their best to resolve the issue and had talked to Rehman several times. "But it did not work. He continued to beat me up. The moments I used to spend with him became a nightmarish experience," she said. Sofia said she was afraid he would kill her some day. "We used to stay together in an apartment. He threatened to kill me several times. I would always think that I might be murdered any moment. I had no option but to leave London," she said. Rehman arrived in the city on 26 January to visit his parents, who live in Nadia. "After visiting his parents, Rehman went to Sofia's Ekbalpore home and allegedly assaulted her there too. She had to be admitted to a nursing home with injuries," said another officer investigating the case. "We took three days to conduct a preliminary investigation. The injury report given by a doctor confirmed that Sofia had been physically assaulted. We then started hunting for Rehman," the officer said. - Agencies Related Articles:
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