‘Suicide’ of physician, wife ‘confesses to’ illicit affairs

Tanjila Haq Chowdhury Mitu, who was detained in connection with reported suicide of her husband physician Mustafa Morshed Akash, has confessed to having extramarital affairs with others, police claimed on Friday, reports UNB.

She, however, kept 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 was detained over her husband's Facebook status before killing himself and his family's verbal complaint," Mizanur said.

A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit picked Mitu up from Nandankanon on Thursday night, hours after her husband reportedly killed himself with an insulin overdose.

A Chattogram court later sent her to jail when police produced her before it showing her arrest in a case filed over the incident.

Victim's mother Jobeda Khanam filed the case against six people, including Mitu, her parents and two friends, with Chandgaon police station in the afternoon, said its officer-in-charge Abul Bashar.

The five other accused are Mitu's father Anisul Haq Chowdhury, mother Shamim Shely, sister Sanjida Haq Chowdhury Alisha and two friends - Indian national Uttam Patel and Mahbubul Alam.

Police said they will investigate whether any of Mitu's friends was 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, a physician of Chittagong Medical College Hospital's medicine department, reportedly killed himself over family feud in Chandgaon residential area in the city after an altercation with his wife, also a physician who used to reside in the USA, 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 his life.