A woman was killed by her husband allegedly for dowry at Kosba village in Sadar upazila yesterday. The victim, Selina Khatun, 35, was wife of Nesar Ahmed of the village. Selina’s mother Nur Jahan Begum alleged that Naser used to torture Selina, for dowry in the last several years. Following an altercation over the issue yesterday morning, Naser beat up Selina and strangled her, she added. Police recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue for autopsy, said Golam Sarwar, officer in-charge of Laxmipur Police Station.