A man named Mokhlesur Rahman surrendered to the police after killing his wife by slitting her throat in Dhaka’s Pallabi area.

The victim, Shamsunnahar, 52, was found dead after the police recovered her body from their residence.

The incident took place on Saturday night in Pallabi’s Shagufata MN Housing area. According to the police, the murder was the result of a family dispute, during which Mokhlesur attacked his wife with a sharp weapon.

Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station, said, ‘The husband came to the police station and confessed, saying, ‘I have killed my wife. Arrest me.’ We then went to their apartment, as he instructed, and found Shamsunnahar’s body.’

Mokhlesur informed the police that he killed his wife due to ongoing family conflicts. The OC also mentioned that the couple had one daughter who serves in the Bangladesh Army.

The couple’s hometown is in village Maribalay, Tongibari, Munshiganj. Shamsunnahar’s body has been sent to the morgue at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for post-mortem examinations.

Meanwhile, Mokhlesur Rahman is in police custody.