A housewife was murdered by her husband for dowry at Voga village under Singra upazila of the district on Friday night.

The victim, Popy Rani, 28, wife of Jayanta Pramanik of the village, was often tortured for dowry by her husband Jayanta, 35, and his family members since their marriage five years ago, police quoted family members as saying.

On the night, Jayanta and Popy locked in an altercation over the issue. As she refused to bring the money from her father, Jayanta beat up Popy and strangled her.