Dowry leads to girl's suicide
A newly-wed girl allegedly hanged herself to death at her father's house in the capital's Adabor yesterday, as her husband left her there for the last six months demanding dowry.
Surma Begum, 20, was married to Mohammad Yusuf, 26, a dry fish trader of Char Fashion upazila in Bhola, about six months ago.
Twenty days into the marriage, Yusuf took Tk 10,000 from Surma's father Nurul Islam and went to Chittagong to buy dry fish. He had not returned to take Surma afterwards.
As Nurul Islam went to Char Fashion, Yusuf's father Abdul Wadud told him that they would bring Surma home only if he gave Yusuf Tk 2 lakh.
On his return from Char Fashion, Surma became depressed, stopped talking to people, and ended up killing herself.
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