MP Gazi Nazrul, first wife arrested in suicide abetment case

Police have arrested Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife, Maksuda Begum, in a case filed over the alleged abetment of suicide following the death of his second wife, Mariam Khatun.

Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner Ibne Mizan confirmed the arrests around 1am on Monday, saying the two were shown arrested in the case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.

Earlier on Sunday evening, police recovered the hanging body of Mariam, 19, from Flat 203 on the third floor of Building 5 at NAM Bhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The body was sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy after an inquest. CID and PBI teams also collected evidence from the scene.

Police had earlier taken Gazi Nazrul and his first wife into custody for questioning after recovering the body.

The case was filed by Mariam’s father Md Masum Billah, naming the MP, his first wife and Mariam’s maternal uncle Obaidullah as accused.

Gazi Nazrul was elected from Satkhira-4 in the 13th parliamentary election with Jamaat-e-Islami’s nomination. The party expelled him on 22 July following controversy over a video involving him and Mariam that circulated on social media.