Woman tied to tree, tortured over dowry

Published : 06 Apr 2018, 15:31

Jagoroniya Desk

A housewife was brutally tortured allegedly by her husband and brother-in-law for dowry at Dahakula village in Sadar upazila on Friday.

Quoting local people, police said Kabir used to torture his wife Anwara for various reasons including dowry since their marriage.

On Friday morning, the couple locked into an altercation over the same issue.

At one stage, Habid and Kabir took Anwara to the courtyard of their house and beat her up mercilessly after tying her to a tree, leaving her injured, said Shariful Islam, inspector (investigation) of Sadar Police Station.

Hearing screams, local people rescued the victim with the help of local Union Parishad member and took her to Satkhira Sadar Hospital.

On information, police arrested the duo.

Source: unb

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