A newlywed woman in Feni died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Saturday, days after allegedly being tortured by her in-laws over dowry.
The victim, Marjan Akhter Jhumur, 18, was married to expatriate Saidur Rahman on December 8 last year.
Her family members said within days of moving into her husband's house on February 27, her in-laws began pressuring her for Tk 3 lakh and five tolas of gold.
On March 4, after a dispute over the demands, her husband, father-in-law Sahab Uddin, and mother-in-law Bibi Hajera beat her up, they alleged.
Critically injured Jhumur was first taken to Feni General Hospital and later shifted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
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Jhumur’s mother, Farida Akhter, said, “When we visited my daughter at the hospital, she narrated the ordeal she had suffered at the hands of her in-laws. On March 12, her father, Abdul Halim, filed a case with Feni Model Police Station against her husband, father-in-law, and mother-in-law.”
Feni Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Shamsuzzaman said they have already arrested her father-in-law Sahab Uddin and are trying to arrest the other accused.
Jhumur’s mother demanded justice for her daughter’s death.