The wife of a councillor of No 3 ward of Narayanganj City Corporation committed suicide by jumping off the roof of a building at Chashara Balur Math in Narayanganj on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Sadia Nijhu, 1st wife of Councillor Shahajalal Badal.
Anisur Rahman Molla, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station, said Sadia used to live with her mother as Councillor Badal abandoned her after his second marriage.
Sadia jumped off the seven-storey building in the morning.
Later, she was taken to Narayanganj General Hospital where the doctors declared her dead.
However, the phone number of Councillor Badal was found switched off.
On February 8, 2022, Sadia in a press briefing at her residence alleged that Councillor Badal 'abandoned' her and married another woman without taking permission from Sadia.
According to the allegation of Sadia, she married to Badal in 2007 and the couple has been blessed with a child through IVF (In vitro fertilization).
Besides, Badal is the nephew of Nur Hossain, a death row convict in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.
Source: United News of Bangladesh