Man kills wife, takes own life
A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district yesterday morning.
The deceased were identified as Taslima Akter Runi, 25, in-charge of Chowdhurani branch of Brac in Pirgachha upazila, and her husband Abdullah Al Masud, 33, son of Samsul Alam of Raghunathpur village in Gaibandha Sadar upazila. Masud was a Saudi expatriate.
Police and family sources said Runi, daughter of Tozammel Haque of Subid village in Pirgachha upazila, married Masud four years ago. A few days after the wedding, Masud went to Saudi Arabia.
Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Pirgachha Police Station, said Masud recently returned home from Saudi Arabia.
Masud entered his wife’s office around 9:30am and stabbed her dead following an altercation over the latter’s alleged extramarital affair with another person.
Later, Masud killed self by hanging himself from the ceiling of the office room, said the OC, adding that no one was present in the office at the time.
On information, police recovered the bodies from the spot around 11:00am and sent those to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for autopsy, said the police official.
Meanwhile, police recovered the body of a man from a paddy field at Hara-Narayanpur village in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur the same day.
The victim was farmer Azgar Ali, 38, son of Alif Uddin of Shimul Bazar area in the upazila.
Criminals strangled the farmer anytime on Sunday night and dumped the body at the paddy field, said Zafar Ali Biswas, OC of Mithapukur Police Station.
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