police in southern bangladesh say a woman cut off a man's penis during an alleged attempt to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence.
the incident took place in mirzapur village, jhalakathi, about 200km (124 miles) south of the capital, dhaka.
monju begum, 40, a married mother of three, told police that neighbour mozammel haq mazi forced his way into her shanty and started assaulting her.
mr mazi, who denies the accusation, has been admitted to a nearby hospital.
"we will arrest him once his condition gets better," police spokesman abul khaer told the bbc.
"she said she fought back and cut off his penis and brought it to our police station in a polythene bag to prove that mr mazi tried to rape her," police spokesman abul khaer told the bbc.
"she has registered a case accusing him of attempted rape," he said.
"it is quite an unusual incident. as far as i am aware, this is the first time that a woman has brought a severed penis to the police station as evidence."
monju begum told police that mr mazi, a married father of five, had been harassing her for the past six months.
'revenge attack'but mr mazi denied the allegations.
"we were having an affair and recently she suggested that both of us can go and settle down in dhaka," mr mazi told the bbc from the hospital in nearby barisal.
"i refused and told her that i cannot leave my wife and children, so she took revenge on me."
prof amsm sharfuzzaman, a senior surgeon at the sher-e-bangla medical college and hospital in barisal town, told the bbc it had not been possible to reattach the organ.
"police brought his severed penis several hours after the incident," he said.
"we are treating him so that he can urinate normally without the penis."
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사건인즉슨, 방글라데시아에서 이웃집에 사는 한 남성이 사진의 여성을 *하려했는데, 저 여자가 존슨을 잘라버렸다는 군요. 그리고 경찰서 가서 증거로 제시했답니다.
남자는 성폭행을 했다는 것을 부인하고, 원래는 저 여자가 남성한테 다른 지역에 가서 같이 살자고 했는데, 남자가 거절한거에 앙심을 품고 존슨을 잘랐다고 진술했습니다.(둘다 따로 가정이 있는 사람들입니다.) 누가 진실을 말하는지는 모르지만, 안타까운건 존슨을 늦게 가져온 탓에 봉합 수술이 불가능 하다고 합니다. 오줌은 쌀수 있게치료를 해줬다는 군요.ㅠㅠ