Man gets life term for torturing wife over dowry in Joypurhat

A court in Joypurhat has sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for torturing his wife over dowry.

A court in Joypurhat has sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for torturing his wife over dowry.

The court also fined convict Abdus Salam Tk 50,000.

Joypurhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Abdul Muktadir handed down the verdict in absence of the convict on Sunday afternoon.

The tribunal special public prosecutor advocate Firoza Chowdhury confirmed the matter.

According to the case story, the convict, resident of Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon district, got married with Sabina in 1999. He started to torture his wife for dowry since their marriage.

On June 8 in 2013, Abdus Salam beat his wife and broke her leg before sent the latter to her father’s house in Joypurhat town. The convict then went to his father-in-law’s house in the evening of and demanded Tk 70,000 dowry. He stabbed his wife with a knife when she rejected to give him the money.

On February 4 in 2014, the victim lodged a case against her husband in the tribunal.

The convict went into hiding after the case.

After the testimony of four witnesses in the case, the tribunal pronounced the verdict.