Chattogram: Police on Thursday night arrested the wife of physician Akash from Nandankanon area in the city over his suicide.

The arrested is Tanjila Haq Chowdhury Mitu.

A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) conducted a drive in the area and arrested Mitu around 11:30 pm, said Mahabubur Rahman, police commissioner of CMP.

Earlier on Thursday, Mostafa Morshed Akash, 33, a physician and son of Abdus Sabur of Bangla Bazar area of Chandanish Upazila allegedly killed himself over family feud in Chandgaon residential area in the city.

Akash recently had an altercation with his wife suspecting over her alleged illicit affair.

‘We have learned that he took an insulin overdose,’ said Assistant Sub-Inspector Alauddin of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital outpost.

Family members said before his apparent suicide, Akash had shared photos of his wife on his Facebook profile and wrote about her alleged extramarital affair before announcing his decision to end own life.

According to his final Facebook status, the couple tied the knot in 2016. He accused his wife of having an affair with another man before and after their marriage which caused a rift in their conjugal life.