Two housewives were murdered in Natore and Manikganj on Friday.
A housewife was murdered at Nazarpur village in Natore sadar upazila on Friday night.
Nadira Begum, 21, wife of Ismail Hossain of the village was burned to death allegedly by her in-laws.
According to Ismail Hossain, there was a long-standing feud between his step-brother Sumon and his family. Two months ago Sumon tried to rape Nadira at her bedroom. On Friday, at around 9:30pm, cutting the straw made fence Sumon entered the room and tied her with rope and gagged her in absence of Ismail. Then Sumon doused kerosene on Nadira's body and set her on fire. Before her death at hospital, Nadira said that Sumon set her on fire.
The only witness to the incident, Nadim Hossain, four-year-old son of Nadira said his uncle Sumon entered the room and set his mother on fire after tying her with rope on the floor of the room.
In Manikganj, a housewife was strangle at Chakhoricharon village under Daulatpur upazila early Friday allegedly by her husband as she protested his extra-marital affairs.
The victim was identified as Shilpi Begum, 25, daughter of Samsul Haque of Sreebari village under Barotia union in Ghior upazila, reports our correspondent.
The family members of the victim said Shilpi, mother to two sons, got married with Nazrul Islam in 2002. Nazrul, however, engaged in an extra-marital affair with a garment worker of Savar for the last one year.
Nazrul and Shilpi used to quarrel often over this issue, victim's family members added.
Nazrul killed Shilpi early Friday when she was sleeping; they said adding that some influential people are trying to spread it as an 'unnatural death'.
Contacted, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur police station Shawkat Alam said police arrested Shilpi's husband Nazrul Islam on Friday night.
Soruce : The Daily Star
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