<i>Wife killed as she failed to mother a male child</i>
A cruel husband beat dead his wife, also mother of four girls, at village Barokupot in Shyamnagar upazila on Saturday as she 'failed' to bring forth a male child.
The victim, Sudevi Rani Mondal, 32, daughter of Shachindra Nath Mondal of village Barokupot, was married to Arun Kumar Mondal of the same village about 15 years ago and four daughters were born to them during the time, police quoted locals as saying.
Aggrieved with his wife for her 'failure' to bring forth a male child, recently Arun started torturing her, the victim's parents alleged.
Over the issue, Arun mercilessly beat Sudevi Rani, leaving her dead on the spot, police quoted the victim's parents as saying.
Later Arun poured liquid insecticides into the deceased's mouth and told the neighbours that his wife committed suicide by taking poison, police said.
After going to the spot, police found the body with several injury marks and sent it to Satkhira morgue for post mortem, hospital sources said.
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