Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Police have arrested Maksuda Khanam, the first wife of Member of Parliament Gazi Nazrul Islam, in a case filed on charges of abetting the suicide of his second wife.

She was taken to the police station on Sunday night and was subsequently shown arrested in the case.

Earlier, police recovered the hanging body of his second wife Mariam Khatun from a flat at the NAM Bhaban.

Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner Ibn-e-Mizan said, "She has been shown arrested in a case filed by the maternal uncle of Gazi Nazrul's second wife."

The Additional Deputy Commissioner said, "Some notes written by Mariam were recovered from the room where she used to stay."

In response to a question, he said: "The MP's second wife did not have a...