Housewife chopped to death over dowry

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 25 (UNB): A housewife was chopped to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Utra Hajipur village in Raiganj upazila early Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Munni Khatun,25, mother of one child and wife of Shariful Islam, a resident of the same village.
Police said Munni had got married with Shariful about four years back. Shariful received a dowry of Tk 0.1 million at the time of marriage. Recently, he demand for more dowry money. As her parents failed their inability to meet the demand, he started inflicting inhuman torture on her.
On Saturday night, Shariful chopped Munni, leaving her dead on the spot.