The hanging body of Mosammat Morium Khatun, 19, the second wife of Satkhira-4 MP GM Nazrul Islam, was recovered from a flat at NAM Bhaban in the capital on Sunday evening.
Police went to the flat around 7pm after receiving the news and found Morium hanging from a ceiling fan in a room.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Monir Hossain said police rushed to the spot after receiving the information and found the body hanging from a ceiling fan inside a room on the third floor of Building No 5 of NAM Bhaban.
Teams from the Detective Branch (DB), Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) forensic unit had arrived at the scene, the OC said.
Further details will be provided later, he said.
Gazi Nazrul Islam was elected MP from Satkhira-4 in the 13th parliamentary election with Jamaat-e-Islami’s nomination.
In July, a video showing him in a private moment with a young woman went viral on social media. He later said the woman was his second wife, Mariam Khatun.
On July 22, Jamaat expelled Gazi Nazrul Islam from the party and wrote to the Speaker, the Election Commission and other relevant authorities seeking action against him.