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Woman's 'murderer' arrested
An auto-rickshaw driver was arrested from Culvert Road in city's Motijheel area yesterday in connection with the murder of a young woman in Sabujbagh eight months ago.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Asaduzzaman of Sabujbagh Police Station said arrested Omar Faruque confessed strangling Shirin, a resident of Bhola district, on April 30 during a quarrel.
The OC, quoting Faruque, said they got acquainted over a phone conversation two years ago and started living in a rented house at Adabor two months before the murder.
Faruque fled to Sylhet after stuffing her body in a newly bought luggage and returned around one week ago, said the OC.
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