Police recovered the bodies of a couple from their residence on the 5th floor of a building on Hare Street Road at Wari in the capital on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Md Muid, 35, son of Md Musa from Araikandi village in Titas upazila of Cumilla and his wife Ayrin Akhter, 32, daughter of Joynal Abedin of Miaji Bari in Chauddagram upazila of the same district.
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.Deputy Commissioner of Wari Division of DMP Harun-or-Rashid said locals informed police after the couple hadn’t opened their door for two days.
Police later broke into the apartment and found the bodies, he said.
“Preliminary evidence suggests that Muid had died earlier as his body had started to decompose while Irene’s body was still fresh. A note, believed to be written by Irene, was found at the scene,” the DC said.
He said Muid had been suffering from cancer for a long time and had not stepped out of the house for nearly four years.
However, it remains unclear whether it was a case of suicide.
The couple had reportedly been separated from their families since their marriage, which their families did not accept.
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The note also requested that their bodies not be sent to their native villages and that they be buried side by side, said Harun-Or-Rashid.
Babul Ali, a morgue assistant at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said police brought the bodies in on Friday night and that decomposition suggested the couple had died two to three days earlier.
Whether Ayrin died by suicide will be confirmed once the autopsy report is available, said DC Harun.