Police recovered the hanging body of a police sub-inspector's wife from a house in Khilgaon area in the capital of Dhaka on Saturday.
Dead Neela Akter Hasi, 36, was the wife of Bazlur Rashid, an SI of the special branch (SB), and the daughter of Hashem Ali, a resident of Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district.
Khilgaon Police Station officer in-charge Farukul Alam told Jago News that police recovered the hanging body from the ground floor of 185/3 No. house at 11 No. Road in Tilpapara this morning.
Later, the body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for autopsy, he said.
Quoting family members, the OC said the woman had long been suffering from various diseases.
The deceased's brother Abdul Bari Biplob said, "My sister was mentally sick. That is why she committed suicide. We have no objection over the incident."
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