Youth jailed in dowry case

A court here on Thursday sentenced a young man to two years of imprisonment in a dowry case. Convict Arman, 30, son of Shawkat Ali of Dewbhog area in the town, was present on the dock when the judge pronounced the verdict. According to the prosecution, Arman married Jyostna Begum, daughter of Baset Prodhan of Gognagar in Sadar upazila on May 5, 2006. But after a few days, he started torturing her for bringing Tk 1 lakh as dowry from her parents. Later, Jyostna filed a case on August 20, the same year, against her husband. After examining the records and witnesses, Judge Mohammed Bazlur Rahman of Senior Judicial Magistrate court handed down the verdict.