Housewife murdered

Unb, Jessore
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband at Sarfarjpur village in Chougachha upazila on Monday. Locals said, Tipu,24, strangled his wife Hamida Khatun in the morning and then poured poison in his own mouth. He was admitted to hospital. Tipu claimed that both he and his wife took poison for committing suicide due to abject poverty. But locals said, Tipu had an extra-marital affair in the area and Hamida was killed following altercation over the matter. Tipu fled the hospital soon after admission.