Police arrested three people yesterday in Sadar upazila for killing a housewife on Saturday for dowry.
Sources said Runa Khatun, daughter of Wahid Sheikh of Bijoypur village had been married off with Syful Islam of Laupala village under Sadar upazila three years back.
After the marriage, Syful and his family members started torture to Runa for dowry.
The father of Runa said Syful had been given Tk2 lakh as dowry after the marriage. But family members of Syful used to torture her more money. Village arbitrators held meeting several times over the incident, he said.
On the day, Syful and his family members tortured Runa, leaving her dead on the spot as she failed to bring the money demanded by them, said the victim’s father.
Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model police station, said Syful’s parents Abdus Salam, Taru Begum and his sister Lucky Akter were arrested in connection with the murder. Syful went into hiding after the incident, the OC said.
