A newly married housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry at Lakshmiganj village in Sadar upazila Saturday night.
The deceased was Khadija Akhter, 19, wife of Ahadat Kazi of the village.
Family sources said Ahadat, son of Moslem Kazi, married Khadija, daughter of Babul Bepari of the same village two months back.
The police said Ahadat used to torture Khadija to bring Tk 20,000 as dowry from her parents. But her poor father failed to meet the dowry demand.
On Saturday night, Ahadat picked up a quarrel with Khadija over the issue and at one stage he tightly squeezed her throat leaving her critically injured.
She was taken to Sadar hospital where the attending doctor declared her dead at about 11:00pm.
Ahadat and his family members went into hiding soon after the incident. A case was filed in this connection.
-With UNB/New Age input
