Pregnant woman 'poisoned to death'

23 January 2012, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

A five-month pregnant housewife was allegedly poisoned to death by her husband at Pallabi in the city yesterday. The deceased, Ismat Ara Rani, 22, lived with her husband, Md Faisal alias Rubel, at Mirpur section 11. Rubel and his relatives brought Rani to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 1:00am yesterday where duty doctors declared her dead. Rani's maternal uncle Sultan Miah told The Daily Star that they suspect that Rani's husband and in-laws poisoned her to death failing to realize dowry. Two months into their marriage, Rubel started demanding Tk 2 lakh as dowry, which was not fulfilled, he said. Police has picked up Rubel and, during interrogation, Rubel said that his wife was suffering from asthma and died of the disease.