Husband surrenders to police after 'Killing wife'
Husband has surrendered to the police station after allegedly killing his wife over a trivial matter.
The incident took place at Hossengaon village in Ranishangkoil upazila of Thakurgaon on Wednesday.
The deceased is Ruksana Begum, 55, and the surrendered husband is 60-year-old Habibur Rahman.
As per the Ranishangkoil police station, Habibur woke up his wife at the time of Fazr prayer. Centering the matter, they locked into an altercation.
At one stage of the quarrel, Habibur hit Ruksana's head with a shovel. As a result, she succumbed to the injuries on the spot.
Later, the husband appeared at the police station and surrendered at around 7:00am.
Ranishangkoil police station officer-in-charge SM Jahid Iqbal said, it is not clear yet why the incident of murder has taken place.
The body has been sent to the Thakurgaon Ideal Hospital for autopsy. The preparation for lodging a case over the murder is underway. Police would produce him before the court on Thursday.