A man strangled his wife, Rupali Khatun, 35, with her scarf after a family quarrel in Dhunat upazila of Bogura, police said. The husband, Nurul Islam, 38, has been detained by police.
The incident happened at around 11am on Friday (30 October) in the upazila’s Mathurapur area. Police recovered the woman’s body at around 12pm.
The detained man, Nurul Islam, is the son of Ishar Ali of Mathurapur village in the upazila.
According to police and local sources, Nurul Islam and his wife Rupali Khatun had been in a dispute over family matters. They argued on Friday morning. Initial information suggests that at one point Nurul Islam wrapped a scarf around his wife’s neck and strangled her. Police went to the scene on being informed, recovered the body and sent it for a post-mortem.
Osman Gani, a sub-inspector at Dhunat police station, said the accused had admitted during initial questioning to strangling his wife with a scarf. The process of filing a case is under way.
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