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Wife burned to death for dowry
A housewife was burned to death allegedly by her husband for dowry in Doleshwar area of Dakkhin Keraniganj early yesterday. The deceased was Halima Afroz alias Omi, 20, wife of Mamun of the area. Family sources said Omi, daughter of Sajid, was married off with Mamun one and a half years ago. Mamun took Tk 2.50 lakh dowry from Omi's family since the marriage. Recently, Mamun put fresh pressure on Omi to bring Tk 1 lakh more from her father. On the fateful night, Mamun locked in an altercation with Omi over the issue and physically tortured her. At one stage, he hit Omi with an iron rod in the head. As she lost consciousness, Mamun poured kerosene on the body of Omi and set her on fire. Being informed by locals, victim's father rushed her to Mitford Hospital in a critical condition where the on-duty doctor declared her dead.
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