Dowry claims yet another life
The victim Shabana Begum, 35, was rushed to the hospital on November 11 after her husband Mohammad Amin forced her onto a burning gas oven at their house at East Dholaipar in Demra.
Amin went into hiding soon after the incident.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Shabana's relatives said Amin demanded Tk one lakh in dowry from her father Arju Mia of Siddique Bazar in the old part of the city, but she brought only Tk 20,000 from her house on November 2.
Since then, Amin had made her life miserable, they said.
On November 11, the husband and wife were locked in a quarrel. At one point, Amin forced her onto the burning oven at around 8:00am, leaving her seriously injured.
Shabana was immediately rushed to the burn unit of DMCH where she died at 10:30am yesterday.
A case was filed against Amin under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.