Jessore Correspondent :
A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband at Pulerhat Berbari village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district early Friday.
Quoting locals, Ilias Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Nazir Islam, son of Nazrul Islam used to torture his wife Murshida Begum, 24, for dowry.
On Thursday night, Nazir picked up a quarrel with his wife Murshida over the issue and beat her up mercilessly in the dead of night, leaving Murshida dead.
Later, Nazir hanged the body of Murshida with a mango tree in a bid to probe it a suicide case.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jessore Medical College Hospital.
The body bore several injury marks, said the OC.
Police could not arrest Nazir as he went into hiding.
A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband at Pulerhat Berbari village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district early Friday.
Quoting locals, Ilias Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Nazir Islam, son of Nazrul Islam used to torture his wife Murshida Begum, 24, for dowry.
On Thursday night, Nazir picked up a quarrel with his wife Murshida over the issue and beat her up mercilessly in the dead of night, leaving Murshida dead.
Later, Nazir hanged the body of Murshida with a mango tree in a bid to probe it a suicide case.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jessore Medical College Hospital.
The body bore several injury marks, said the OC.
Police could not arrest Nazir as he went into hiding.
