Man 'kills' wife in Gazipur

A woman was killed allegedly by her husband and brother-in-law following a family feud in Purbo Arichpur of Tongi, outside the capital, on Wednesday night.

Police said Shorna Akter, 43, and her husband -- Habibur Rahman, 30, of Brahmanbaria -- used to quarrel over Tk 9 lakh that Shorna took earlier from her brother-in-law Abdul, 28, promising to send him to Spain.

Following an altercation over the matter Habibur and Abdul strangled Shorna. Later they rushed her to Tongi Government Hospital where doctors declared her dead.

Police arrested Habibur but Abdul fled.