Man 'commits suicide' after 'killing' wife in Noakhali

FE Team | Published: January 29, 2024 23:16:41

NOAKHALI, Jan 29 (UNB): A man reportedly committed suicide 'after killing newly-wed wife' over family feud in Sadar upazila of Noakhali on Monday.
The deceased were Mehedi Hasan Shuvo, 20, and his wife Tamanna Islam Priya, 16, of Bashundhara colony in Maijdee under Sadar upazila.
Locals said that Shuvo and his maternal cousin Priya got married following a love affair around six months ago.
Shuvo along with his wife had been living in his father-in-law's house since their marriage and was trying to go abroad with a driving license.
On Sunday night, Priya's mother, father and a brother were staying at a hospital in the town as her younger brother fell sick on Sunday. Only the couple was in the house at night.
After returning from the hospital on Monday morning, brother Noman knocked on the door but received no response from the inside, they said.
Later, from a neighbour's window they saw the body of Shuov hanging in a room and the neighbours phoned the national emergency service 999 seeking help.
Later, a team of Sudharam model police station recovered the bodies.