A young housewife was killed for dowry allegedly by her husband at village Chaltartol in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila yesterday, police said.

Misty Begum,24, was killed by her husband Babul Ahmed,30, after being hit by an iron rod at their village home at noon. Later, police arrested the killer and sent body of the deceased to Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Most often Babul used to torture Misty since their marriage about a year ago, police and locals said. He demanded Tk 50,000 as dowry from her. But she could not meet up his unjust demand. On the fateful day. Babul developed a quarrel with his wife over some pretext and started beating her with an iron rod. At one stage of torture, she died. The killer tried to Dee but local people caught him and handed over to police.