Altaf Hossain charged with wife’s murder after relative finds her body in Minto home’s garage

The husband of a woman found dead in the garage of her Minto home on Easter Sunday has been charged with her murder as a distraught relative expressed her heartbreak over the family’s two children.

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A distraught relative of a woman found dead in the garage of her southwest Sydney home early on Easter Sunday morning has expressed her heartbreak over her two children.

The body of Syeda Nirupama Hossain was found after a family friend was called to the home on Carruthers St, Minto about 4am.

The body of Syeda Nirupama Hossain was found in the family’s garage.

Police at the scene where a relative was called about 4am. Picture: Monique Harmer

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The woman’s husband Altaf Hossain was charged on Sunday night after he was discharged from Fairfield Hospital where he was treated for a wound to his hand. He will appear in court on Monday morning.

Afrina Chowdhury, the wife of Mr Hossain’s cousin, said she was worried about the couple’s two children.

“Now, at the moment we are worried about kids. We’ll look after, we’ll take kids.

“We know, she talk with us … She was very gentle and very quiet lady and also she (was) young.

Ms Chowdhury said she had not spoken to Mr Hossain in three years.

“I stop talk to him last three years.”

A woman’s body was found in the garage of a home at Minto. Picture: Monique Harmer

Mr Hossain with his head covered, leaves Fairfield Hospital with police on Sunday afternoon. Picture: Damian Shaw

Distraught neighbours left home on Easter Sunday morning to see forensics crews combing the house of the “lovely mother” they had grown to know through play dates with their children and exchanges of home-cooked meals.

Ms Hossain supported the family by cooking traditional Bangladeshi sweets and selling them to shops in Minto and Lakemba.

“She was a very lovely mother and she took her children to school every day,” neighbour and close friend of the family Shamsul Huda said.

“We love them our sister and brother, we very, very shocked and we worry about their children and what’s going to happen to the children.

“He was a little bit sick physically and couldn’t work and she worked for the family.

“She make Bangladeshi sweets and sell to the shop.”

Forensic officers at the scene. Picture: Monique Harmer

Another neighbour and close friend of the woman, Khadija Sarker, said she was deeply spiritual and a devoted Muslim.

“When we were always talking about religious things, she got really involved and she got really scared. She always think like what’s going to happen if we die,” Ms Sarker said.

“What’s going to happen if we die? She always think about this, like she was religious she was praying, she was so good.

“She was so good I’m just really worried what’s going to happen to the two kids now.”

The victim has been described as a “lovely mother”. Picture: Monique Harmer