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Housewife killed in Gaibandha

Gaibandha, Aug 10 : A young housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband due to dowry demand at Puiyagari village in Gobindaganj upazila on Sunday. The victim was identified as Anguri Begum, 22. Police said Rubel Miah and his wife Anguri had an altercation in the afternoon over the dowry demand. At one stage of the brawl, Rubel strangled Anguri. After the death, Rubel hung the body and tried to establish it as a suicidal case. Villagers, later, caught Rubel, his mother Firoza Begum, aunt Julekha and brother-in-laws Jalal and Mizanur and handed over them to police, report UNB.

Wife killed by husband in Sirajganj

Sirajganj, Aug 10 : A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Daubhanda village in Kamarkhanda upazila on Sunday. Police said Saidur beat his wife Samina, 25, at early hour today as she refused to bring dowry money from her parents, leaving her critically injured. Samina succumbed to her injuries when Saidur was taking her to the upazila health complex at about 8am. Saidur went into hiding leaving the body on the road. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, report UNB.

Hemp, phensidyl seized in Comilla

Comilla, Aug 10 : RAB and police in separate drives arrested five drug peddlers and recovered huge hemp and phensidyl syrup in the district on Friday. Acting on tip-off, a team of RAB conducted a drive at Palpara on the outskirts of the town at about 7am arrested five drug peddlers with 30kg hemp. RAB said they arrested Abdur Rab, Abdul Mamin, Mostak Mia, Ashraful Malita and Ataul Islam when they were smuggling the hemp containing in plastic pots. In another drive police recovered 400 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a private car at Chowarbazar in Sadar South upazila, report UNB.