Man 'kills wife, takes his own life' in city

A youth allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife at his apartment in the capital's Hazaribagh last night.

Relatives of Md Russel, 27, found him hanging from a ceiling fan while his wife Sadia Akhter Iffat, 18, was lying dead in a bed, with her throat slit.

Russel supplied chemicals to tanneries in the area.

Talking to The Daily Star, Russel's mother Saleha Begum said the couple got married about 14 months ago, but were unhappy. They rented the apartment on the second flood of the three-storey building on Gazmahal Road four months ago, but Saleha soon left her husband.

Russel's father-in-law had given him about Tk3 lakh to start a business.

Saleha's father Sirajul Islam said Russel called up his daughter yesterday to take back the money.

When Saleha along with her elder sister went there, Russel took Saleha in and locked the main door of the apartment from inside.

As none of the two opened the door for a while, their family members broke open the door around 7:45pm and found the two dead.

Rejaul Karim, assistant commissioner (Dhanmondi zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said they were probing the deaths.

Law enforcers recovered a knife from the crime scene, he added.