Police in southern Bangladesh say a woman cut off a man's penis during an alleged attempt to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence.
The incident took place in Mirzapur village, Jhalakathi, about 124 miles south of the capital, Dhaka. 40-year-old Monju Begum, a married mother of three, told police that neighbor Mozammel Haq Mazi forced his way into her shanty and started assaulting her.
Mazi, who denies the accusation, has been admitted to a nearby hospital. According to a senior surgeon at the Sher-e-Bangla Hospital in Barisal town, it was not possible to reattach the organ.
"We will arrest [Mazi] once his condition gets better. She fought back and cut off his penis and brought it to our police station in a polythene bag to prove that [he] tried to rape her," said police spokesman Abul Khaer. "It is quite an unusual incident. As far as I am aware, this is the first time that a woman has brought a severed penis to the police station as evidence."
Monju Begum told police that Mazi, a married father of five, had been harassing her for the past six months. But Mazi denied the allegations. "We were having an affair and recently she suggested that both of us can go and settle down in Dhaka," Mazi told reporters. "I refused and told her that I cannot leave my wife and children, so she took revenge on me."
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