DHAKA: Police arrested Humayun Sultan as his wife Shamrukh Mahjabeen (26) died unnaturally on Thursday.

Mehjabeen’s husband, Humayun, is the elder son of Khan Tipu Sultan, former MP from Jessore-5.

The victim’s father a retired engineer Nurul Islam filed a murder case with Dhanmondi Thana against Humayun, his father, also former lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan and mother also a physician Jiasmin Akhtar.

Police arrested Humayun in this connection.

The victim’s father Nurul Islam alleged that his daughter was beaten to death. However, Tipu Sultan’s family claimed that she had committed suicide.

It is said that Mehjabeen, at 2:30pm in the day, got admitted to Central Hospital in city’s Dhanmondi area where the on-duty doctor pronounced her dead.

It was claimed that the victim had committed suicide by wrapping ‘orna’ (a piece of cloth) around her neck at their house on Road 6 at Dhanmondi.

The deceased did her MBBS in city’s Holy Family Medical College, where her mother-in-law is a doctor.

The victim’s classmate Dalia told banglanews that they had seen assault marks in different parts of the deceased’s body.

BDST: 0401 HRS, NOV 14, 2014