Housewife ‘commits suicide’

A housewife reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a mango tree near their house at Mahdipur village in Bagha upazila on Tuesday.

The deceased was Ismat Ara Begum, 26, wife of Mitul Hossain, an Italy expatriate.

Quoting locals, police said Ismat Ara was rebuked by her father-in-law over beating her six-year-old son on that day.

Following this, Ismat Ara went out from her house and hanged herself from a mango tree.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Mohsin Ali, officer-in-charge of Bagha police station.