A 19-year-old girl has died after her husband allegedly hit her in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district.
Tahmina Begum, of Shialkhoa union of the upazila, died on Thursday evening while being treated at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, said Imtiaz Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station.
He said a murder case was filed in this connection on Friday.
According to police and locals, Tahmina was the third wife of Alamgir Hossain of the union.
Tahmina lived at her father's house and argument broke out between them in the absence of Tahmina’s parents when Alamgir went to the house on Wednesday.
At one point, Tahmina fell unconscious when her husband hit her with a tree branch.
Locals rescued her and admitted her to RMCH, where she succumbed to her injuries on Thursday evening.
Alamgir remained absconding since the incident, added the OC.