Bangladeshi woman's husband 'chopped off her fingers'
A young Bangladeshi woman, whose husband is accused of cutting off her fingers after she began a college course without his permission, has spoken to the BBC about her determination to carry on with her studies.
The attack on Hawa Akther Jui, 21, is the latest in a series of acts of domestic violence targeting educated women in the country.
The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports.
19 Dec 2011
- From the section Asia