Wife beaten to death over low dowry, husband arrested in Noakhali
Noakhali Correspondent
RAB has arrested Md. Ismail Hossain (25), a fugitive from Chittagong, on charges of killing his wife Sumi Akhter (21) in Begumganj, Noakhali, over dowry demands.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mithun Kumar Kundu, Company Commander of RAB-11, CPC-3 Noakhali, confirmed the matter on Sunday morning.
Earlier, he was arrested in a joint operation by RAB-11, CPC-3 Noakhali and RAB-7 from the Faujdarhat area under Akbarshah police station in Chittagong city at around 7:45 pm on Saturday.
The arrested person is Md. Ismail, son of Enamul Haque Babul, a resident of Maiza Bepari village in Ward No. 4 of Rajganj Union in the upazila.
RAB said that Ismail demanded a goat and a steel cupboard or 50,000 taka as dowry from his wife Sumi Akhter on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The victim's father sent some money, but because the demanded amount was less, he beat his wife indiscriminately on the night of June 6 last year. Later, Sumi was taken to Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. Following the complaint of the victim's family, a case was filed at Begumganj Police Station under the Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Act on the orders of the court. Ismail was made the main accused in the case.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mithun Kumar Kundu, Company Commander of RAB-11, CPC-3 Noakhali, further said that the arrested Ismail has been handed over to Akbarshah Police Station in Chittagong for legal action.
