IMPHAL, July 10: A woman working as a staff nurse at a hospital in Kolkata was found hanging late last night by her husband.
Family members have identified the woman as Konjengbam (n) Haobijam (o) Nirupama alias Niru wife of Haobijam Niten, 30, son of Mani of Singjamei Chingamathak.
Parents and other family members of the woman have flown in today to Kolkata.
Speaking over the phone, a family member of the woman who hails from Moirang said the husband was a male nurse and both husband and wife were working at the KTC Hospital, Kolkata.
He said the couple used to quarrel frequently regarding the husband’s alleged affair with another nurse of the hospital.
Family members also alleged the husband of physically assaulting Niru and said that she had returned home in Moirang in May this year and had only recently returned to Kolkata.
They were staying at a rented apartment about two kilometres away from the hospital which is in Bharatpur, the family said.
Further according to the family, she was found hanging around 11pm, inside her rented room under Gakuriya Police Station.
