A young housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and members of his family over dowry at Akhera Dakkhinpara village in Mahadevpur upazila of Naogaon early Thursday.
The deceased was Lipi Rani, mother of a kid and wife of Ujjal Mandal, son of Jeetendra Mandal of the village and daughter of Bijoy Chandra of Baburia village of Chhaligram of Patnitola upazila.
The police said Lipi was married off with Ujjwal three years ago when the bridegroom received Tk 2 lakh in cash and 5 tolas of gold ornaments as dowry from Bijoy.
Source : Nge Age