Housewife tortured for dowry in Jessore

A housewife was tortured and her two legs were broken allegedly by her husband over dowry at Bhaina Rajapur village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.The victim was identified as Laboni Akter, 23, wife of Ejajul Haque of the village.Locals said Laboni, daughter of Liakat Ali, was married to Ezajul four years back. Since then, Ezajul used to torture her demanding Tk one lakh as dowry.Ejajul picked up a quarrel with Laboni at about 10.00pm over the issue.  At one stage, Ejajul beat Laboni with an iron rod mercilessly, breaking her two legs. Later she was rushed to Jessore Medical College Hospital. -UNB, Jessore