Wife tortured to death’ in Gazipur

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UNB, Gazipur :
A housewife was tortured to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over dowry in Hatiyar area of the city on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akhter, wife of Abdur Rahim, a resident of the area.
Sharmin’s father Idris Ali said Rahim the husband and in-laws of his daughter used to torture her over dowry after the marriage. On Friday morning, the she was tortured and strangulated by her husband and in-laws.
Later, they hung her body with a beam of the roof her room and tried to stage the incident as a suicide, alleged victim’s father. On information, police recovered the body
in the morning and sent it to Gazipur Shaheed Taj Uddin Medical College Hospital for autopsy. Police also arrested Rahim and his parents Md Ibrahim and Taslima.
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