Prior to her death the victim, Sohana Parvin Sheela, 31, told the reporters that her husband Humayun Kabir also beat her up before setting fire.

"It was 11:00am on August 24 when he started to beat me up confining me to our bedroom as I failed to bring him dowry," said Sheela, adding that her son and daughter were at their school then.

The couple lived at a rented house on Road No 8 of Sonadanga Residential Area in Khulna.

As she collapsed at one stage of beating, Humayun poured kerosene and set fire to her, said victim's relatives.

Seeing the fire, the landlord rescued Sheela, the daughter of a retired superintendent of police.

The landlord also caught Humayun and handed him over to police.

With over 80 percent of her body burnt, the victim was rushed to a local clinic and later to Khulna Sadar Hospital.

As her condition deteriorated, relatives brought her to Dhaka and admitted her to City Hospital at Panthapath the following day.

Sheela succumbed to her injuries at 5:00pm.