Councillor's son arrested for killing wife in Ctg

Police arrested a councillor's son over allegations of killing his wife on Saturday night.

The arrestee has been identified as Nawshadul Amin, son of Nurul Amin, councillor of Saraipara Ward No. 12 under Chattogram's Pahartali Police Station, reports UNB.

Prior to the arrest, police recovered the body of Rehnuma Ferdous, wife of Nawshadul, from Nurul Amin's house on the same day.

Rehnuma's family has alleged that the deceased was killed in a planned way.

"They (Nurul Amin's family) are saying that my daughter committed suicide, which is nothing but a drama," said Tareq Imtiaz, father of the deceased.

Tareq filed a case accusing Nawshadul and his mother for the killing with Pahartoli police station, based on which the arrest was made, said Officer In-charge (OC) of Pahartoli police station Mostafizur Rahman.

"We will ask the court to take Nawshadul into remand," added the OC.

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