Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- The father of Mariam Khatun, whose hanging body was recovered from a Dhaka flat, has accused MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife of physically and mentally abusing his daughter after her marriage to the expelled Jamaat-e-Islami politician.

SM Masum Billah made the allegations in a case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station accusing Nazrul, his first wife Maksuda Khanam and Mariam's maternal uncle Obaidur Rahman of abetting suicide.

Police recovered 19-year-old Mariam's body from a flat at NAM Bhaban opposite the parliament complex on Sunday evening.

Nazrul and Maksuda were taken into police custody later that night. Maksuda has since been placed under arrest in the case, while police said they would follo...