A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her husband at Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah district early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Rozina Khatun, 30, a resident of Chad Ratanpur village in the upazila.
Locals said Mahidul and Rozina had been quarreling over the last few days. At one stage of their altercation on Friday morning, Mahidul hit his wife with a stick leaving her dead on the spot. The couple has two children.
Maheshpur Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Md Shahidul Islam said the incident might have happened over family feud for a long time.
Police recovered Rozina's body and sent it to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital morgue, he said.
A case will be filed upon family complaint, the OC also said.
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