Dhaka, March 2 -- Television actor Zaher Alvi has alleged that he will be killed if he returns to Dhaka.

In a video message posted on social media on Monday night, Alvi said he had bought a ticket with Biman Bangladesh Airlines to return to the country to see his wife, Afra Ivnath Khan Ikra, for the last time after she reportedly died by suicide.

"I bought a ticket for March 1 to return to Dhaka from Nepal, but I received so many threats that I cannot explain them. There was even information that people were positioned outside the airport. As soon as I entered, I would be attacked and killed," he claimed.

Alvi said he is ready to face the law if police detain him. "If the police arrest me, I will deal with it according to the law. But ...