Two women killed for dowry in Chittagong

The victims were identified as Taslima Begum Tuli, 18, daughter of Nurul Amin of Jamal Khan area in the city and Tania Tasneen Karnia, 21, of Patiya upazila.

Hanif Mohammad, 26, of Shantirhat Kusumpura in Patiya tortured his wife Tania for dowry since they got married some six months ago, sources said. Hanif picked up a quarrel with Tania for dowry on Monday and at one stage he strangled her.

Victim's uncle Morshed Ali filed a case accusing Hanif and other members of his family in this connection.

In another incident, young housewife Tuli died within two hours after her husband Alamgir Bhutto took her to nearby Nibedita Hospital in Panchlaish in critical condition at around 6:30am.

He fled the hospital immediately after Tuli's death.

The victim's family claimed the death as a "murder" for dowry and alleged that Alamgir married Tuli forcibly for money. In a complaint with Panchlaish Police Station, victim's father Nurul Amin alleged that Alamgir married Tuli without their consent on August 21.

Since then Alamgir along with his accomplices, Shafiullah and Hasan, had been demanding Tk 5 lakh as dowry from Tuli's family and threatening for dire consequences unless the demand was met, alleged Amin in the complaint.

It was further said that Alamgir demanded the dowry for the last time on Saturday when he warned Tuli's family to be ready to receive her body.Tuli's father said he received the news of his daughter's death from Alamgir at around 11:30am.