She left home and
country for love but landed in jail instead.
Fifteen – year - old
Sumitra of Abhoynagar village under Hrishyamukh area of South Tripura crossed
the border to marry the boy she fell in love with and is now in Chittagong
Central Jail of Bangladesh for the past six months.
Sumitra’s name has
been changed to Fatema Begam after converting to Islam and marrying 22 – year -
old Nizamuddin of South Angshapur village under Chhagalnaiya police station in
Feni district of Bangladesh in February last year.
Soon after, Bangladesh
police arrested her from Nizam’s house for entering into Bangladesh Territory
without valid passport and subsequently Sumitra landed in jail.
Sumitra’s village is
right at Indo - Bangladesh border and her family has a small plot of farmland
near the fencing. She met Nizam here and both worked out their escape plan.
After she was reported missing by her family, the Belonia police station
took up the matter with Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) and was traced in
Nizam’s house on November 16 last year pleading his innocence, Nizam said, “She is now in the jail for illegal
entry into Bangladesh and she is mentally weak due to disassociation with the
husband and parents.” A team of Bangladeshi NGOs have met her in Chittagong
jail and Sumitra’s family has also initiated fresh move to get her back in
Tripura. 
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