Cox’s Bazar, June 6 (UNB) – A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself following a tiff with his wife over Eid clothes at Bharukhali village in Pekua upazila on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as Nasir Uddin, 24, son of Zia Uddin of the village.

Quoting locals, Shafiqur Rahman, sub-inspector of Pekua Police Station, said Nasir’s wife Akia Begum did not like the clothes Nasir bought for her on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. On Wednesday, the couple had an altercation over the issue.

Nasir hanged himself from the ceiling of his house around 10:30pm in huff over the incident, he said.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy, the police officer said.