Police arrested a local Awami League leader and businessman for allegedly killing his wife in Khulna.
The man— Tareque Biswas— is the owner of Biswas Properties and the brother of Khulna district Awami League leader and real estate businessman Azgar Biswas Tara alias Tara Biswas.
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Police arrested him from his office in the city on Wednesday morning, said Rafiqul Islam, investigation officer of the case and Assistant Police Inspector of Harintana police station.
Later on Wednesday afternoon, he was sent to jail, added the officer.
He said on March 24 Tareque Biswas' second wife Mahmuda Akhter Mili was admitted to a private clinic with serious injuries. Later, she succumbed to her injuries during the treatment at the hospital on the same day.
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On March 26 a case was filed against three people including Tareque Biswas following a complaint lodged by Mili's mother Selina Begum at Sonadanga police station.