Woman 'murdered’

On information from in-laws, Uttara police recovered the body of Sheikh Julfiara Akhter Sonia, 18, from her in laws' house on Khabir Street in East Azampur and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for autopsy on the same night.

"My daughter has been killed for dowry," alleged Sonia's father Sheikh Abdul Zabbar, who rushed to Dhaka from his house in Moulavibazar yesterday morning after hearing the news.

Zabbar further alleged that Sonia's husband Selim Bhandari as well as his parents used to torture Sonia mentally and physically for dowry since her marriage in February this year.

"We have given gifts worth more than Tk three lakh, but they have been insisting for a cash of Tk eight lakh for the last three months for sending Selim to Europe," Zabbar said.

However, police quoting Sonia's in-laws said she committed suicide hanging herself from fan.

Police also said an unnatural death case was filed with Uttara police station.

But, Zabbar while receiving his daughter's body told reporters he will file a murder case accusing her husband and four members of her in-laws.

Boy kills himself

In a separate incident a 12-year old boy committed suicide yesterday noon in the city's Pallabi area. Pial, a student of class-V, hanged himself following his mother's reprimands.