2 women murdered
Two women were killed, allegedly by their husbands, in separate incidents in the city yesterday.
Police recovered the body of Laili Begum, 19, a garment factory worker from her house at Mirbagh of Ramna, yesterday.
She was the wife of Mizanur Rahman and both were employees of Voyager Apparels Limited.
The couple returned home from work around 8:00 pm on Monday, neighbours said. The next morning, neighbours broke open the door around 6:00am the door which they found locked from the outside with the television still playing.
They saw the body lying on the bed wrapped in a sheet and informed the police.
Police sent the body to Dhaka Medical College (DMC) morgue and autopsy results confirmed that the victim was strangled.
Laili's brother, Sarwar claimed Mizan killed his sister and fled with her ornaments and cash. The couple had frequent rows as Mizan used to take Laili's salary, Sarwar added.
In another incident, police recovered the decomposed body of a woman stuffed in a wardrobe of her bedroom at the city's South Banasree area on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Sathi Akhter, 35. She owned a shop selling stationeries, which was run by her second husband, Shamim, victim's brother Sheikh Hyder Ali said.
The couple lived with Sathi's mother along with children from her previous marriage.
Quoting Sathi's mother, Hayder said, she heard the couple quarrelling on Thursday when she was on her way to accompany her grandchildren from school.
After returning home, Shamin told her Sathi had to leave to for an urgent purpose and will not return that night, Hyder said.
The next day Shamim told her that Sathi was accused in a case over land dispute and will stay away from home for a few days to escape arrest. Shamim even asked her to leave the house temporarily, as police could raid the house any moment, Hyder said quoting his mother.
Later, on Sunday when they received information that Shamim was selling off the goods of the shop Sathi's mother and brother rushed over to the spot and called the police.
After conducting a search in the house, police recovered the body and sent it to DMC morgue for autopsy.
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