Housewife killed for dowry

A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Kakia village under Rupsha Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Tara Begum, 25, wife of Mokhlesur Rahman of the village, and daughter of Mozaffar Goldar of Khojadanga village in the upazila. Quoting victim's family members, police said Mokhlesur married Tara 18 months ago. Since the marriage, he had been demanding money as dowry from Tara's family and often tortured her. On Tuesday night, Moklesur locked in an altercation with Tara over the issue. At one stage, he beat up Tara, leaving her dead on the spot. Later, he hung the body from the ceiling to pass it off as suicide.  Tara;s father filed a murder case with the police station concerned against Mokhles, who was arrested along with his mother.