Man jailed in dowry case
A court here yesterday convicted a man and sentenced him to two years rigorous imprisonment in a dowry case. Convict Mohammad Hossain, 40, is son of Asad Ali of Aliganj in Fatullah upazila. According to the prosecution, Mohammad Hossain used to torture his wife Jharna Akhter, 32, daughter of Sahabuddin of same village, for dowry since his marriage in 1996. At one stage, he drove his wife out of home along with two children after failing to get dowry money. Later, the victim housewife filed a case against him under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. After examining the records and witnesses, Senior Judicial Magistrate Bazlur Rahman handed down the verdict.
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