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Our Correspondent, Rajshahi

A helpless mother committed suicide she failed to pay the remnant amount of only taka 1,000 dowry for her daughter's marriage. The victim has been identified as Zahura Begum(35), wife of Babul, a van-puller of village Pananagar village under Durgapur upazila.

Sources said Babul's daughter Rakhi was married to Momin son of Ali Hossain of village Kapasia of Puthia upazila some one year ago under the contract of paying taka 25,000 dowry. After the marriage, Babul paid taka 20,000 as dowry to his son-in-law and sought six-month more time to pay the remaining amount of taka 5,000. But son-in-law Momin continued to press his wife and in-laws for the rest of dowry amount. As a result, Babul's wife Zahura took taka 4,000 loan from an NGO and paid it to Momin last month but he continued to press her wife Rakhi for rest of taka 1,000.

On last Friday night, Momin beat his wife Rekha mercilessly demanding taka 1,000 of dowry money injuring her seriously. When the news of beating her daughter reached to mother Zahura, she could not check her passion she committed suicide at her room on Sunday early morning.

A UD case has been filed with Durgapur thana in this connection. The dead body of Zohura was buried at the village graveyard after autopsy.