A woman, held over the apparent suicide of her doctor husband in the city, admitted to having extra-marital affairs, police said on Friday.
Tanjila Haq Chowdhury Mitu was detained from Nandankanon on Thursday night by Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, hours after physician Mostofa Morshed Akash reportedly killed himself with an insulin overdose.
Mitu, however, has been keeping mum about various other important issues, Chittagong Metropolitan Police’s Additional Deputy Commissioner (South) Md Mizanur Rahman said at a press briefing in the city.
“She has been held over her husband’s Facebook status before killing himself and his family’s verbal complaint,” Mizanur said.
Akash’s family is filing case against her at Chandgaon Police Station for instigating suicide. Police said they would take legal actions once the case is filed and would investigate whether any of her friends were involved in the instigation.
CTTC unit chief Mohammad Shahidullah said they had interrogated Mitu. “She has admitted to cheating and conjugal disputes but avoided answering some other questions,” he said.
Police said they had seized the mobile phone used by Akash and the physician’s Facebook status about his wife has been deleted.
Akash, 33, reportedly killed himself over family feud in Chandgaon residential area in the city after an altercation with his wife about her alleged illicit affairs.
Family members said, before his apparent suicide, Akash had shared photos of his wife on his Facebook profile and wrote about her alleged extramarital affairs before announcing his decision to end own life.
