Rihana Sheikh Dhapali, the 19-year- old Muslim woman from Banke District in southern Nepal, who was set on fire by her husband, has now returned home following an intensive treatment for 40 days at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu.
Rihana was sent home for two weeks as she was feeling homesick and wanted to meet her mother but she has to return to undergo more treatment to fully recover.
She married Farid Sheikh one year ago and according to preliminary reports, she was tortured and beaten by her husband and in-laws for several months because they wanted her to ask her father for a motorcycle, a gold watch, and a water buffalo. Eventually, her husband poured kerosene on her and set her on fire on March 17, 2014, the day of her first marriage anniversary.
She suffered serious burns but did not die. She was seven months pregnant when the incident occurred and to conceal the crime, her in-laws locked her in a room and left her to die. Her child died in her womb.
Following her parent’s complaints, she was finally rescued. Her family sold off their meager possessions – three goats and some jewelry – to pay for her treatment at Bheri Zonal Hospital at Nepalgunj. According to them, if she hadn’t received help and brought to Kathmandu, they probably wouldn’t have been able to afford the medi- cal expenses.
Rihana Sheikh Dhapali, the 19-year- old Muslim woman from Banke District in southern Nepal, who was set on fire by her husband, has now returned home following an intensive treatment for 40 days at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu.
Rihana was sent home for two weeks as she was feeling homesick and wanted to meet her mother but she has to return to undergo more treatment to fully recover.
She married Farid Sheikh one year ago and according to preliminary reports, she was tortured and beaten by her husband and in-laws for several months because they wanted her to ask her father for a motorcycle, a gold watch, and a water buffalo. Eventually, her husband poured kerosene on her and set her on fire on March 17, 2014, the day of her first marriage anniversary.
She suffered serious burns but did not die. She was seven months pregnant when the incident occurred and to conceal the crime, her in-laws locked her in a room and left her to die. Her child died in her womb.
Following her parent’s complaints, she was finally rescued. Her family sold off their meager possessions – three goats and some jewelry – to pay for her treatment at Bheri Zonal Hospital at Nepalgunj. According to them, if she hadn’t received help and brought to Kathmandu, they probably wouldn’t have been able to afford the medi- cal expenses.
Rihana Sheikh Dhapali, the 19-year- old Muslim woman from Banke District in southern Nepal, who was set on fire by her husband, has now returned home following an intensive treatment for 40 days at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu.
Rihana was sent home for two weeks as she was feeling homesick and wanted to meet her mother but she has to return to undergo more treatment to fully recover.
She married Farid Sheikh one year ago and according to preliminary reports, she was tortured and beaten by her husband and in-laws for several months because they wanted her to ask her father for a motorcycle, a gold watch, and a water buffalo. Eventually, her husband poured kerosene on her and set her on fire on March 17, 2014, the day of her first marriage anniversary.
She suffered serious burns but did not die. She was seven months pregnant when the incident occurred and to conceal the crime, her in-laws locked her in a room and left her to die. Her child died in her womb.
Following her parent’s complaints, she was finally rescued. Her family sold off their meager possessions – three goats and some jewelry – to pay for her treatment at Bheri Zonal Hospital at Nepalgunj. According to them, if she hadn’t received help and brought to Kathmandu, they probably wouldn’t have been able to afford the medi- cal expenses.
