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BSS, Rangpur

A housewife was killed by her husband in village Uzirpur under Pirganj upazila in the district on Thursday.

Police said Shahidul Islam, 38, son of late Abdul Latif of the village married Sheuly Begum, 26, daughter of Abul Hossain of nearby village Milanpur in Pirganj upazila several years ago. The husband frequently tortured his wife on minor issues and family matters since their marriage.

On the day, the husband beat his wife mercilessly and strangulated her to death. The villagers caught him and handed over him to police.

Brother of the victim Mahbubul Islam filed a murder case against the husband with Pirganj police station. The arrested was sent to jail hajat when produced before a Rangpur court, the sources said.

BSS, Dhaka adds: Two persons including a minor boy were killed in two separate road accidents at Baniachang in Hobiganj and Shibchhar in Madaripur districts today, police sources said.

The dead in Habiganj was identified as Pakul Mia, 4, son of Master Mia of Khatunpara of Baniachang area.

The sources said the accident took place when a jeep hit him while he was crossing Hobiganj-Baniachang road this afternoon. The driver of the jeep managed to flee. In another accident a speedy microbus knocked down an old man while he came out of his house on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Shibchhar in Madaripur district this morning.

The dead was identified as Amzad Pramanik, 65, of Bandarkhola village under Shannashirchhar area of Shibchhar upazila of the district.

Local people detained the driver of the microbus and handed over him to the local police.