Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Mohammad Nazrul Islam and his first wife have been taken into police custody for questioning following the recovery of the hanging body of his second wife.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon Division Ibne Mizan confirmed the matter to journalists after emerging from NAM Bhaban tonight.

Speaking at the scene, DC Ibne Mizan said, “We received information after 7pm today about a hanging body in Room No. 203 on the third floor of Building No. 5 of NAM Bhaban.”

He said teams from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, the Detective Branch (DB) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrived at the scene immediately after receiving the information.

“Upon arriving at the scene, we found that Room No. 203 of the flat belonged to Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam. Subsequently, we carried out the necessary legal procedures,” he said.

He further said the deceased woman was the second wife of Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam.

“We have taken Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife into police custody for questioning,” he said.

Later, following preparation of the inquest report, the body was sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

The CID and Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) collected evidence from the scene.

Earlier in the evening, police recovered the hanging body of Gazi Nazrul’s second wife, Mariam Khatun, 19, from Flat No. 203 on the third floor of Building No. 5 of NAM Bhaban under Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.