Teacher’s death: Husband sent to jail
A Natore court yesterday sent to jail Mamun Hossain, husband of college teacher Khairun Nahar whose body was recovered from her home on Sunday.
Mamun was arrested on suspicion of instigating his wife to die by suicide.
Rejecting his bail prayer, Natore Judicial Magistrate Md Moslem Uddin sent Mamun to jail, said Khademul Islam, general recording officer at the court and also assistant sub-inspector of police.
Police on Sunday morning recovered the body of Khairun, assistant professor of Khubjeepur Mozammel Haque Degree College in Natore's Gurudaspur upazila, from her home in Balaripara of Natore town.
"As per our primary investigation, it was a death by suicide. But we are investigating whether it was instigated by Mamun," Liton Kumar Saha, superintendent of Natore police, said yesterday.
The SP said Mamun is Khairun's second husband. After separation with her first husband, the 40-year-old woman married 22-year-old Mamun late last year. She has two sons from her first marriage.
Khairun wanted to buy her elder son a motorbike, but Mamun did not agree to it, causing a disagreement between them, said the SP, quoting Mamun.
As per Mamun's statement, around 2:30am on Sunday, Mamun went out following the altercation.
He returned home around 6:30am and found Khairun's body hanging from the ceiling fan. Mamun then called security guard Nizam Uddin and got the body down and informed police.
On information, police rushed to the spot, recovered the body and detained Mamun for interrogation. At night, Khairun's cousin Saber Uddin lodged an unnatural death case with Natore Sadar Police Station, said SP Liton.
Talking to The Daily Star yesterday, Khairun's 17-year-old son said, "Mamun Hossain might have killed my mother."
However, Mamun's mother Rabeya Begum said Mamun and his wife were happily married. They wanted to buy Khairun's son a bike, but didn't have the money.
"My son did not instigate Khairun to commit suicide. He is innocent," claimed Rabeya.
On Sunday, SP Liton told journalists that the couple was in mental distress as they were trolled on social media.
"Relatives and even some colleagues of Khairun had made offensive comments ... the couple did not want their marriage to be in the news. But the media did not listen to ... ," he had said.
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