Description : Imam leading prayers in court jail...Nurjahan?s father believes that his family was made to suffer because of a long-standing enmity between him and the shordar. A female relative of the shordar spoke ill of Nurjahan. ?She was a bad woman,? she said. ?She would be seen working outside her home.? A rickshaw-puller from Chattokchara came to her defence. ?Yes, she worked outside her home. But what other choice did they have?? he argued. ?The family is poor.? But he did harbour some doubts. ?Why was the wedding held secretly? Why were we not invited??..Nurjahan?s death has raised many issues for the Bangladeshi women?s movement. Her tragedy has highlighted the manifold forms of women?s subordination within rnarriage, the family and within the community. First, Nurjahan was abandoned by her husband. Then it was the imam who held the knowledge about whether she was free to marry, and he misled her. Finally, it was the members of the shalish, all men, who judged and punished her...Shalishes have been known to fine and discipline members of the community; at the same time, there are also instances of women disobeying or ignoring and, in some cases, challenging shalish pronouncements. Nujahan?s death has given rise to questions about the sphere of jurisdiction of the shalish, which is a community body with no legal status.