Sabira`s boyfriend sent to jail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent to jail the boyfriend of model Sabira Hossain, who allegedly committed suicide at her flat in Dhaka yesterday, and his younger brother.

Nirjhar Sinha Rounaq and his younger brother Prayay Sinha were arrested hours after Sabira’s alleged suicide at her rented flat in Dhaka’s Rupnagar yesterday. Later, Sabira’s mother filed a case against Nirjhar accusing him of instigating her to commit suicide.

Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain Tipu ordered to send the two to jail after Inspector Shah Md Akteruzzaman Ilias, the investigation officer of the case, produced them before it.

Earlier on Tuesday, Model Sabira Hossain committed suicide by hanging with ceiling fan at a flat of the capital`s Rupnagar area.

Later, police recovered her body from the flat where Sabira used to live alone.

risingbd/Dhaka/May 25, 2016/Maksud/Nasim