Housewife burnt to death for dowry, 7 sued

A woman, who was set on fire allegedly by her husband for dowry in Ghatail upazila of the district on October 28, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.

The victim is Shimu Rani Barmon, 20, daughter of Shuvoran Chandra Barmon of Garergram village in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur district.

Family sources said Shimu married Subrato Das Jogai, 25, son of Atul Das of Charpara village under Ghtail upazila in 2013.

After their marriage, Subrato and his parents often tortured Shimu for Tk 5 lakh and five tolas of gold ornaments as dowry, alleged the victim's mother.

On the fateful day, Subrato and his family members beat up Shimu mercilessly and confined her to a room at the house following an altercation over the issue.

At one stage, they set the victim on fire by pouring kerosene. Shimu sustained serious burn injuries during the incident.

Shimu was sent of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she died on November 3.

The following day, family members of Subrato took the body to a crematorium at Charpara in Ghatail without informing the victim's family.

Being informed, family members of Shimu rushed to the spot and recovered the body with the help of local people and police.

The victim's father filed a case, accusing Subrato, his father Atul Das, 56, mother Kanan Rani, 45, and their relatives Kantu Das, 30, Subash Das, 60, Gour Das, 30, and Tapas Das, 25, said Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station.

Police are raiding different areas to arrest the culprits, said the OC.