Housewife beaten to death over dowry allegation in Kurigram's Ulipur, husband and family flee
A 20-year-old housewife named Nasrin Jahan has allegedly been beaten to death over a dowry demand in the Fakir Mohammad Namanir Char area of Ulipur upazila in Kurigram.
The incident took place on Wednesday night. According to the allegation, the husband and other family members fled after the killing, leaving the body behind.
According to the victim's relatives and local residents, Nasrin married Alamgir Hossain of the same area about three years ago. Alamgir is 25 years old.
Relatives claim Alamgir frequently tortured his wife over dowry after the marriage.
On Wednesday night the couple quarrelled and Nasrin died during a severe beating, relatives and locals said. The couple have a two-and-a-half-year-old son.
Nasrin's father, Nur Islam, said Alamgir and his family often tortured his daughter for dowry. He said he had come to the police station to file a case in the hope of justice.
Ulipur Police Station officer-in-charge Shawkat Ali Sarkar said police recovered the body from the scene on Thursday morning after receiving the news and brought it to the station.
The officer added that injury marks were found on the housewife's body. The body will be sent to the morgue on Friday for autopsy, and the actual cause of death will be known once the report is received.
