Man jailed for torturing wife
A court here on Monday sentenced a man to three years imprisonment for physically torturing his wife. The convict was-Akhtaruzzaman of Ramanathpur village of sadar upazila. The court also fined him Tk 10,000, in default, to suffer six months more RI. According to the prosecution, Akhtaruzzaman used to torture his wife Jannatul Ferdous for dowry of Tk 50,000 since their marriage in 2004. In 2009, Akhtaruzzaman beat up Ferdous during an arbitration following a family feud over the issue. Later, Jannatul Ferdous filed a case accusing Akhtaruzzaman. Siddikul Arefin Chowdury, judge of Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal handed down the verdict.
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