A housewife was found hanging from the ceiling of her house at Khaskarra village in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Thursday night, reports UNB.
The deceased was Shimla Khatun, 19, of the village.
Informed by local people police recovered the hanging body of the young woman in the night and sent it to local hospital for autopsy, said, Munshi Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga police Station.
Shimla’s husband and his family members went into hiding.
Laltu Mia, brother of the victim, said Simla, daughter of Akbar Ali of Sadar upazila, got married to Aksed Ali three months ago and the in-law’s of Shimla used to torture her over dowry since her marriage.
He also claimed that Aksed and his family members killed Shimla and hanged the body from the ceiling of the house.