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Wife killed for dowry in Kurigram, husband arrested

Wife killed for dowry in Kurigram, husband arrested
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Kurigram Correspondent


Chilmari police station arrested the killer husband Shahabuddin Mia from Chittagong for killing his wife due to dowry in Chilmari of Kurigram.

The police informed this information in a press release on Thursday morning. Earlier this incident happened in Ramna Union of Upazila.

According to the police, Amena Begum (29) of Ramna Union of Chilmari Upazila and Md Shahabuddin Mia (47) of Hatia area of Ulipur Upazila got married on October 23. 1 lakh 50 thousand taka is taken as dowry in marriage. After a few days of marriage, a dispute arose between the husband and wife over the dowry money. Later on November 6 at noon, the woman's neighbors locked the house and saw her lying inside the house through the window. At that time, if he did not get any response after calling him many times, the people of the area informed the police. Later the police came and broke the lock of the house and recovered the body of the woman.

The police could not find any trace of the husband since the incident. Later, a smart team of Chilmari police station confirmed the location of the killer husband by collecting much information and was able to arrest him from Satkania area of Chittagong with the cooperation of local police. And according to his testimony, the police recovered the blanket used in the strangulation.

Kurigram District Police Additional Superintendent of Police (Media) Md. Ruhul Amin said that the incident is a heart-wrenching and sensational murder in Kurigram. The Kurigram District Police has managed to arrest the murderer's husband with the investigation of the Chilmari Thana police's vigilant team. Our investigation is ongoing.

The killer husband gave a confessional statement when he was handed over to the Kurigram Chief Judicial Magistrate Court. Judicial Magistrate Md. Majnu Mia recorded the statement under section 164. The killer husband Shahabuddin Mia accepted the responsibility of killing his wife and said that he regrets for this incident.


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