A woman was reportedly beaten to death by her husband in Faridpur's Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Tanzila Aktar Tahera, 21, daughter of Tobarez Mollah, a resident of Domarakandi Uttar Para village in the upazila. She was a degree first year student.
It was learnt that Tanzila married to Zishan Ahmed, a resident of Gongarbadi area in the upazila, five months ago following a relationship. Since then, they used to live at a rented house in Gongarbadi area near Markaz Mosque in the upazila.
After their marriage, Zishan used to create pressure on Tanzila for dowry. Over the issue, at around 10pm on Wednesday, Zishan beat Tanzila up mercilessly, leaving her critically injured.
She was rescued and was taken to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital where she died.
Her father filed a case against Zishan following the incident. Police arrested Zishan on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile Zabeda Begum, Zishan's mother, claimed that Tanzila committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling in her room.
Md Salauddin, additional superintendent of police (Sadar Circle), said there have some injury marks on Tanzila's body.
"We can not say whether it is a murder or not at this moment. After getting autopsy report we could informed the details", the official said.
MR/MB