A housewife was strangled allegedly by her husband for dowry at Shreepur union of Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday night.
The victim Priyanka Dey, 24, wife of Riton Dey, 37, who is an expatiate and returned from abroad a few months back, said Officer-in-Charge of Boalkhali police station Shamsul Islam.
Police arrested Riton, his father Doyal Hari Dey and mother Jorna Rani Dey from a private hospital in Chittagong city in this connection, added the OC.
Quoting Priyanka’s family members, OC Shamsul said the couple had married off four years ago. Since their marriage, in-laws of Priyanka used to torture her over dowry.
On Tuesday evening, Riton rushed the housewife to Holy Health hospital located in Panchlaish area in critical state where on duty doctors declared her dead, said the OC, adding that later Riton informed Priyanka’s family that she committed suicide by hanging herself. The OC said Priyanka’s family caught three in-laws of her observing their suspicious attitude. l
