Police took a 38-year-old man into custody as a suspect in the killing of his wife of 10 years over family feuds at Boyra Paranpur village of Sherpur's Sadar upazia early Monday. Police also suspects that the husband, Md Shafiqul Islam, might have tried to end his own life as he was found to have taken pesticides and lay unconcious beside the body of wife, Parvin Begum,32. Shafiqul is undergoing treatment at a local hospital under police watch and he will be questioned about the incident after he gets well, police said. Also read: Man to die for killing housewife in Pabna According to the locals, Parvin had allegedly been subjected to torture by her husband since their marriage 10 years ago. The couple has two children.A few months ago, Parveen went to her father's house after quarrels with her husband. On Sunday night, Shafiqul went to his father-in-law's house and allegedly strangled his wife, said locals.Parvin's mother entered her daughter's room in the morning as she found it unusually calm since early morning and saw Parvin and her husband lying on the floor, said Bosir Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar police station. Also read: Police recover SI's wife's hanging body; cause of death unclearHearing her screams, some neighbours rushed to the house and found the woman dead. They also found Shafiqul unconscious on the floor.On information, police recovered the woman's body and sent it to Sherpur Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.Shafiqul might have strangled his wife to death over a family feud sometime at night and attempted to kill himself by drinking pesticides, said the OC.Meanwhile, police detained Shafiqul. No case has been lodged yet.

A 26-year-old Medical Technologist (Lab) of Matlab Uttar Upazila Health Complex in Chandpur allegedly committed suicide on Saturday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Monira Kamal, wife of Ziarul Islam Nader of Kachari Bazar area of Nilphamari district. Monira, a mother of a son, used to live with her father and aunt at the health complex's staff quarters. Read: BCL leader’s body recovered from Brahmaputra River She joined as a Medical Technologist on 14 February 2022. The deceased’s father Momin Uddin Montu said Monira had been suffering from mental problems for some time. “On Friday night, she went to sleep. In the morning, after not seeing her, I searched a lot and found the body hanging on the 3rd floor of the quarters and informed police,” Montu added. Read: In debt, Bogura farmer commits suicide On information, police recovered the body and sent it to District Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Shahjahan Kamal, officer-in-charge of Matlab Uttar police station.  

A 24-year-old youth committed suicide by jumping into the lake of Hatirjheel after an altercation with his girlfriend, police said.The deceased was identified as Bozlu Miraj Chowdhury alias Raj, son of late B Zaman Chowdhury hailing from capital's Mirpur, section 12. Also read: Attempted rape victim commits suicide in Bogura: 2 arrestedQuoting the deceased's mother Sheikh Nadira Begum, Sub Inspector (SI) Md. Karibel Hasan, said Raj jumped into the water from Hatirjheel Bridge on Friday at midnight and drowned.Later police recovered the body and sent it to the Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy. Raj had a love affair with Nur Mirza Akhter Barsha Jeris. Also read: Man attempts suicide at Chattogram courtroomAccording to family sources, Raj killed himself following complications over his love affair with the girl.

Police arrested two people including the main accused in a case filed over suicide of an attempted rape victim in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila on Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Bablu Mia, 40, son of Kanu Sarker from Rudrabaria village and Abu Taher, 50, son of Ali from Koigati village. Kripa Sindhu, Officer-in-Charge of Dhunat police station said they were arrested after filing a case following the complaint of victim’s father Fazlul Haque accusing some seven people including Bablu on Friday. Also read: Minor girl raped by 5-6 youths in Rajshahi Deceased Lipi Khatun, 18, was a resident of Kaigati village of Dhunat upazila and a former student of Jalshuka Habibur Rahman Degree College. According to the case statement, Babul Mia, of the same village, used to tease Lipi for the past two years. Lipi’s father complained about this to the village leaders aka Matabbars but they didn’t get any solution. After the complaint against him, Babul became even more aggressive. On April 12 morning, when no one was home, Babul with his companion Rafiq went to Lipi's house and tried to rape her. At one point, hearing her scream, neighbors rushed to her room but Babul and Rafiq escaped. Also read: Minor rape survivor married to 39-year old accused in Khulna jail The victim poisoned herself as the incident became a topic of conversation for the locals. Her relatives first admitted her to Dhunat Upazila Health Complex from where she was shifted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura. On April 13, she was shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where she died while undergoing treatment on Thursday.