A housewife took her one life by hanging herself in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur district on Saturday night over dowry.
The incident happened at around 10:00 pm at Bishgiri Para village under Ramchondrokura union in the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Zannatul Ferdousi Sumiya, daughter of Abu Bakr Siddique, a resident of the area.
It was learnt that Sumiya developed a relationship with Shipon, a resident of Sherpur Sadar upazila, and married him eight months ago. Since their marriage, they used to quarrel with each other as Shipon demanded Tk eight lakh as dowry.
After that, Sumaiya went her father's house during the last Eid-ul-Fitr and had been living there.
On Saturday night, she hanged herself with scarf in her room leaving a seven-page suicide note.
Getting information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sherpur Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Monirul Islam Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Nalitabari Police Station.
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