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Sylhet Representative/

The hanging body of a housewife named Mamata Begum (30) was recovered in Sylhet. The police arrested her husband Abdul Barik in this incident.

The body was recovered from his residence in Nazir Gaon village of Sylhet Sadar Upazila on Saturday (October 8) morning.

Mother of three children, Mamata Begum is wife of Abdul Barik of Nazir village and daughter of Taimuch Ali of neighboring Sonatala village. The arrested husband is the son of Abdul Khalik of Nazir’s village.

Alamgir Hossain, the brother of the deceased, said that his sister-in-law used to beat Mamata several times for dowry money. In 2015, he tried to kill himself by drinking poison once. At that time, when a complaint was made to the police station, the matter was settled.

He alleged that sometime on Friday night, his sister was left in the stairwell after being killed. Drama is arranged that he committed suicide in the morning.

Sylhet’s Jalalabad Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nazmul Huda Khan said that the body of the housewife has been recovered. The incident is being investigated as a murder or suicide. In this incident, the husband of the deceased has been detained for questioning.