(Islamic teacher) in Amtali, Bangladesh had his male organ chopped off by his third wife to stop him from marrying for a fourth time, the widely circulated daily Ittefaq reported on 11 February, 2000 ... Police in Amtali arrested Neelima Akhtar, Rahman's third wife ...

Rahman's three wives, including Akhtar, live with him in the same house. Under Islamic Sharia, a man can keep up to four wives simultaneously but Bangladeshi family laws permit a Muslim male to marry for the second time only if his first wife agrees to share her husband with another woman. Local feminist groups are. campaigning for banning bigamy among males in the Muslim majority country.