'DU Student Elma Committed Suicide as She Couldn’t Bear the Torture'

Elma Chowdhury, a student of Dhaka University’s Department of Dance, was not murdered. Unable to bear the torture, she committed suicide. After nearly four months of investigation, the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has reached this conclusion. DB will file a charge sheet in the court any day in this case.

Unable to bear the disrespectful behavior of her husband-in-law and mother-in-law, Elma committed suicide. Her husband, father-in-law, and mother-in-law persuaded her to commit suicide.

Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DB's Gulshan division, told the media, "We have confirmed from digital-forensic evidence as well as the interrogation of the accused and other witnesses that Elma has committed suicide. She was persuaded to commit suicide by her husband Iftekhar Abedin, mother-in-law Shirin Amin and father-in-law Mohammad Amin. Unable to bear the torture, Elma committed suicide."

Elma's father Saiful Islam Chowdhury said last Saturday that he had been informed of the progress of the investigation. However, he still believes that Elma's husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law had staged a suicide drama after killing her. If DB files a complaint in the court alleging that his daughter's death was a suicide, he will 'disapprove'.

Elmer, 26, died on December 14 last year, three days after her expatriate husband Iftekhar Abedin, 35, returned home from Canada. There were scars on various parts of her body.