Three housewives killed for dowry
Three housewives have been murdered allegedly by their husbands over dowry in Pabna, Manikganj and Sirajganj districts.
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry at village Darinaricha in Isawardi upazila of Pabna early Tuesday, reports our correspondent.
Deceased Farhana Akter Eva, 22, wife of Shaon Hossain of the village was often tortured for refusing to bring dowry money from her parents, locals said.
Recently Shaon started forcing Farhana to bring Tk. 2 lakh dowry for business, said Md. Rakibul Islam, uncle of the deceased. Failing to get the money Shaon strangled her, he added.
Shaon was arrested in connection with the incident, said police.
In Manikganj, a pregnant woman was killed alleged by her husband for dowry at Athalia village under Singair upazila early Monday.
She was identified as Rokeya Akter, 25, wife of Uzzal Hossain of the village, reports our correspondent.
Elder sister of the deceased Farzana Akter said, Uzzal beat up Rokeya at around 12:30am after a feud over dowry issue. Rokeya was not taken to hospital but given treatment by a village doctor, she said. Rokeya succumbed to her injuries at around 2:00am.
Uzzal married Rokeya eight months ago. After their marriage, Uzzal demanded dowry money from Rokeya's family. Her family gave Tk. 40,000 to Uzzal a day after the Eid-ul-Fitr, Farzana said, adding that he demanded Tk. 3 lakh as dowry. He often beat up her for the dowry, she said.
In Sirajganj, a housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Utra Hajipur village in Raiganj upazila early Sunday reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Munni Khatun, 25, mother of one child and wife of Shariful Islam, a resident of the same village.
Rashedul Islam Biswas, officer in-charge of Raiganj Police Station, said Munni was married to Shariful about four years back.
Shariful received a dowry of Tk one lakh from Munni's family at the time of marriage.
Recently, he raised a demand for more dowry money and as Munni's parents failed to meet the demand, he started to torture his wife.
On Saturday night, Shariful hacked Munni indiscriminately, leaving her dead on the spot and fled the scene.
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