Man 'kills' wife over dowry
A housewife died in Shekhra village of Sailkupa upazila of Jhenidah on Thursday after her husband and in-laws poisoned her over dowry demands, alleged the victim's family.
However, the in-laws claimed the victim, Sweety Akhter, 21, committed suicide. The husband, Khalilur Rahman, a sepoy of Bangladesh Army posted in Chittagong Cantonment, was absconding, said police.
Sweety, daughter of Nazrul Mollah, a retired Local Government Engineering Department officer of Lakkhikole village in Magura sadar upazila, got married 10 months ago, said the victim's brother, Sabuj Hossain.
Despite being provided properties worth Tk 3 lakh in dowry during marriage, Khalilur and the in-laws had been torturing Sweety and even sent her back to her father's home once for more, he said.
After poisoning Sweety in their Bagura village residence of Sailkupa upazila, Khalilur and the in-laws left her in critical condition with a local physician of Shekhra village, where she died afterwards, added Sabuj.
Khalilur's father Abdul Hye said they did not know why Sweety could have committed suicide.
The body was sent to Nazrul's house after an autopsy at Jhenidah Sadar Hospital yesterday around 11:30am.
Sailkupa Police Station Officer-in-Charge Shahidul Islam Shahin said they had initially filed an unnatural death case in this regard and were waiting for the autopsy report.
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