PICTURED: Much-loved mother, 33, who was found dead in her garage just metres from her sleeping children, six and ten – as her injured husband is charged with murder
- Syeda Nirupama Hossain's body was found by a concerned friend at about 4am
- Her husband, Altaf Hossain, has been charged with her alleged murder
- Couple have two children, aged six and 10, who were sleeping there at the time
Syeda Nirupama Hossain's body was found by a concerned friend at about 4am on Sunday
The husband of a mother-of-two who was found dead only metres from her sleeping children has been charged with her alleged murder.
Syeda Nirupama Hossain's body was found by a concerned friend at about 4am on Sunday morning in the garage of her Minto home.
The 33-year-old mother had allegedly been stabbed to death.
Her husband, 49-year-old Altaf Hossain, was taken into police custody at the scene, 7News reported.
He was questioned using an interpreter at Campbelltown Police Station and later taken to Fairfield Hospital for treatment on an injured hand.
On his release from hospital, Mr Hossain was returned to Campbelltown Police Station and charged with murder.
He has been refused bail and is due to appear in Parramatta Bail Court on Monday.
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Mrs Hossain's distraught family were tasked with relaying the message of her death to her parents, who still live in Bangladesh.
The couple met overseas after Mr Hossain returned home from living in Australia to search for a wife.
Her husband, Altaf Hossain, was taken into police custody at the scene and has been charged with her alleged murder (pictured together)
They were married, and she followed her husband back to Australia, where they have lived for more than a decade.
The pair have two children, aged six and 10.
Police found the pair asleep and unharmed in their beds, and comforted them while waiting for family to arrive. They are now in the custody of protective services.
Afrina Chowdhury, Mrs Hossain's cousin, told media the current concern is the well-being of those children.
'At the moment we're worried about the kids,' she said.
'My husband told her many times to complain to the police, but she never complained,' Ms Chowdhury told 9News.
Friends and neighbours also expressed their sorrow at hearing of her death, describing Mrs Hossain as 'a lovely woman.'
'She was a good mother,' neighbour Shamsul Huda said, while others spoke of the huge loss to the community.
The couple met overseas after Mr Hossain returned home from living in Australia to search for a wife (Police at the scene pictured)
Campbelltown Police Commander Supt Wayne Benson described the ordeal as 'tragic'.
'It is tragic, absolutely tragic,' he said.
'My heart goes out to the children and family involved.'
Neighbours said Mrs Hossain was a devout Muslim who prayed regularly.
The couple made a living selling homemade Bangladeshi sweets to shops after Mr Hossain was injured on the job and couldn't work.
Emergency services were called to the house on Carruthers Street in Minto about 4am on Sunday after the body was found by a family friend
- 7NEWS Sydney on Twitter: "Minto: It has been a tragic Easter for a young brother and sister; their mother has been murdered and their father has been arrested. The children were sleeping when their mother's body was found in the family garag ...
- Nine News Sydney on Twitter: "A young mother of two has been found dead in the garage of her Minto home, stabbed to death while her young children slept inside. @JarradBrevi9 #9News… https://t.co/X1xOHcFkSY"
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