DHAKA An irate husband in Bangladesh chopped away part of the nose of his wife for giving birth to a female child for the fifth time in succession, newspaper reports said here Monday.
The largest circulation daily Mittefaq said 40-year-old Abdul Barek infuriated by the successive births of daughters used a sharp knife to slice off a piece of his wife's nose to vent anger.
The incident occurred in remote Ukiyara village in Manikganj district 65 kilometers west of the capital Dhaka on Saturday.
The daily said Barek's 35-year old wife Rahela had been hospitalized with a bleeding nose.
Barek, a farmer, had been longing for a son. Sons are preferred by the conservative Bangladeshi society while daughters are considered a burden.