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DHAKA, June 18, 2026 (BSS) – A court here today sent actor Md Neyamot Ullah Bhuiyan, popularly known as Zaher Alvi, to jail in a case filed over allegations that he instigated his wife, Afra Ibnat Ikra, to commit suicide.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin passed the order after Alvi surrendered before the court and sought bail, said Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam, an officer of the court’s General Registration Branch for Pallabi Police Station.

Ikra, 33, a social media influencer, was found hanging at their residence in Mirpur DOHS on February 28, 2026. She was rushed to Kurmitola General Hospital, where the attending doctors declared her dead.

Ikra’s father, Kabir Hayat Khan, filed the case the following day with Pallabi Police Station against Alvi and his mother alleging that they had instigated Ikra to commit suicide. The complainant also alleged that family disputes and mental abuse had driven Ikra to take her own life.