Housewife commits suicide
A housewife committed suicide on Friday night at her residence following a feud with her husband in the city's Mirpur area.
The dead was identified as Taslima Akhter, 31, wife of Arifuzzaman Titu of the area.
Sub-Inspector Rabiul Haq of Kafrul Police Station said Taslima went for shopping with her niece in the evening and returned after three hours. Her husband rebuked her for being late as her four children were waiting for their mother to cook them evening food.
Her husband slapped Taslima at point of the row, following which she entered her room and locked the door from inside .
After half an hour, family members broke open the door and found her hanging with a ceiling fan with her scarf and rushed her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 10:00pm where the doctors declared her dead, Rabiul said.
DMCH camp police detained Titu for primary interrogation and later set him free.
Police said the victim's three brothers went to Kafrul Police Station but did not lodge any complaint in this regard.
Police sent the body to DMCH morgue for autopsy.
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