Man kills wife over family feud
A woman was killed by her husband allegedly over a family feud in Dhunat upazila early yesterday.
The deceased, Shefali Begum, 45, was wife of Ershad Akanda, 55, of Panchthubi village in the upazila.
Meanwhile, police conducted a drive in Chandaikona Bazar area in Sherpur upazila and detained Ershad yesterday afternoon.
Quoting the victim's family members and locals, Bogura Additional Superintendent of Police (Sherpur Circle) Gaziur Rahman said there had been a family feud between the couple after Ershat, a craft artisan of the village, took loan from a local NGO couple of months ago, and was struggling to pay the installment of the loan in time.
The couple took their meal on Saturday night and went to sleep at their room.
Around 12:30am they woke up and started quarreling again over the issue.
At one stage, Ershad killed his wife by slitting her throat with a sharp weapon around 1:00am in and fled the sense.
During primary interrogation, Ershad confessed his involvement in the murder, SP Gaziur said.
Officer in Charge of Dhunat Police Station Kripa Sindhu Bala quoted victim's son Selim Hossain, 25, saying that, hearing screams, he went to his parents' room and found blood was coming out of the room.
Later, when Selim went to call his uncle Ershad managed to flee spot.
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