MP Gazi Nazrul’s 2nd wife sometimes had to sleep on balcony before suicide: Police

Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam’s second wife, Mariam, 19, who apparently died by suicide at the NAM Bhaban, sometimes had to sleep on the balcony beside Nazrul’s bedroom at the NAB Bhaban in Dhaka, police said.

The information was revealed in a police petition submitted by investigating officer, Detective Branch Inspector Mohammad Salahuddin, to a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court seeking the continued detention of Nazrul.

According to the plea, Nazrul married Mariam through a verbal marriage ceremony on 17 June 2026. Later, while living at NAM Bhaban with his first wife, Maksuda Islam, 65, Mariam would sometimes sleep on the balcony adjacent to their bedroom, according to information obtained during interrogation.

The petition also said Nazrul had provided police with further “crucial information” relevant to the case during interrogation, which investigators were verifying.

According to court sources, the investigation officer Inspector Mohammad Salahuddin produced the accused before the court after a four-day remand and sought an order to keep him in jail.

During the hearing, defence lawyer Mahbubul Islam sought bail for the accused, while the prosecution opposed the plea. After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail petition and ordered that Gazi Nazrul Islam be sent to jail.

Earlier, on the evening of 20 September, the hanging body of Gazi Nazrul’s second wife, Mariam, was recovered from a flat at NAM Bhaban in the capital. Later that night, police took Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife, Maksuda, into custody.

Mariam’s father, SM Masum Billah, filed a case that night accusing Gazi Nazrul Islam, his wife Maksuda Islam and the deceased’s maternal uncle, Obaidur Rahman, of abetting suicide.

The following day, the court granted four days’ remand for Gazi Nazrul Islam and one day’s remand for Maksuda Begum. Later that night, the investigation was transferred to the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

On 22 September, Gazi Nazrul’s wife Maksuda Begum was sent to jail after a one-day remand in the case. Another accused, Obaidur Rahman, who was arrested in the case on 23 September, was also sent to jail by the court on the same day.

The court, however, sent Gazi Nazrul Islam on a fresh four-day remand in the case on 24 September.