A housewife was hacked to death allegedly by her drug addict husband at Kamrangirchar Muslimbag area in the city on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Tania Akhtar, 16, wife of Alamin Hossain of Lalbag area of the city.
Md Bachchu Mia, sub-inspector of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Camp quoting Ramjan Ali, cousin of the victim, said Alamin hacked Tania in front of Tania’s parent at the area and leaving him critically injured.
The mother of Tania also received injuries while she was trying to resist Alamin showing the incident.
Later, locals rescued the duo and sent them to DMCH where doctor declared Tania dead, the SI added.
