Man kills wife with hammer in N’ganj

A man killed his wife with a hammer following a dispute in Narayanganj's Sonargaon upazila on Thursday night.

Saidul Islam went into hiding after the incident, said Sonargaon Police Station Inspector (investigation) Ahsan Ullah. Police recovered the body of Ankhi Akhter from her house at Changakandi village in the upazila around 10:00pm.

Ankhi, 32, was a mother of three children -- Arnab, 12, Siam, 10, and four-month-old Saifa.

Ankhi's father Ibrahim Pradhan said his daughter and Saidul got married around 15 years ago.

He alleged that Saidul used to beat his daughter.

According to Arnab and Siam, their parents had a fight at night when they were in the next room.

At one point, they heard their mother's scream. When they rushed in the room, they saw their father beating their mother with a hammer. Seeing them, Saidul ran away, they said.

Locals took Ankhi to Sonargaon Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared her dead.

The victim's father filed a murder case with the local police station, said police.