Policeman's wife found dead at home

Police recovered the body of a police officer's wife from her residence in the capital's Bhatara area early yesterday.

The deceased is Mina Akhter, 25, wife of Sohel Rana, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Bhatara Police Station.

Mina used to live in a rented house in Soulmaid area with her husband and a child, said police.

“There is a black mark on Mina's neck; her husband told us that Mina committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan following a scuffle with her husband,” said Al-Imam Rajon, sub-inspector of Bhatara Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case. 

Quoting locals, police said Mina got into an argument with Sohel after he returned home early yesterday. Hearing suspicious sound, neighbours went to the house and found Mina's body hanging from the ceiling fan, said police.

A team of police went to the house around 3:00am and found her body lying on the bed, said Rajon.

“We did not found any mark on the victim's body except the black mark on the neck,” he said, adding that the body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy. 

Sources said that ASI Sohel told police in interrogation that Mina and he got into a quarrel soon after he reached home. Later, she went to another room and hanged herself with the ceiling fan within ten minutes. Realising the situation, he broke the door, taking help of neighbours.

The Daily Star tried to communicate with ASI Sohel regarding the incident, but to no avail.

Morgue sources said police first tried to take away Mina's dead body without any autopsy. But the hospital authorities handed over the body after autopsy in the evening, sources added.

Mahfuzur Rahman, inspector (investigation) of Bhatara Police Station, said that they are closely investigating the case.