Man ‘kills self after killing wife’
An elderly man allegedly killed himself after strangling his wife dead at Porapara village in Meherpur’s Gangni upazila on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Daud Hossain, 60, a rickshaw puller, and his wife Shaida Khatun, 55, of the village.
Villagers spotted Daud’s body at Garadoba field around 5:30pm on Saturday and informed the police, Officer in Charge (OC) of Gangni Police Station Obaidur Rahman said.
Being informed, police went to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Meherpur General Hospital for autopsy.
While recovering the body, police came to know that neighbours at the same time found Daud’s wife Shaida’s body hanging from the ceiling fan of her room, the OC said, adding that, hearing the news, they later went to Daud’s house, recovered Shaida’s hanging body and sent it to the hospital for autopsy.
Quoting neighbours, police said the poor couple, who took loan from different NGOs, had an altercation over repaying the debt on Saturday noon.
After primary investigation, police suspect that Daud might have strangled his wife first and then killed himself by taking poison, the OC said.
Locals said although the couple have a son and a daughter, their son did not maintain relations with his parents while their daughter lives in Meherpur town with her husband.
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