A housewife was killed allegedly by her brother-in-law at Darafpur village in Begumganj upazila of the district yesterday. Police arrested the accused, Md Hasan, 22, son of Jalal Ahmed of the village. The dead is Sheuli Akhter, 28, wife of Abbas Uddin of the area. Locals said family members heard screaming from the room soon after Abbas went out of the house for driving CNG-run auto-rickshaw. They rushed to spot and found Hasan hacking Sheuli. She died on the spot. Later, neighbours caught Hasan and handed him over to police.