Domestic help’s body with stab wounds recovered in Ctg

Police recovered the body of a domestic help with stab wounds from Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram today.

The body was recovered at a house in Monumiazi area of Channua union in the early hours.

The deceased was identified as Rafia Begum, 45, of Hanspara area of the upazila.

Sub-Inspector of Banshkhali Police Station Rajib Peddar said Rafia Begum used to live as a domestic help in the house of late Ariful Quader Chowdhury, a former teacher of Channua Kaderia High School.

Locals found Rafia's body lying in the pond near the house and informed the police. Police recovered the body and sent it to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for autopsy.

Mamunur Rashid, eldest son of the deceased, said, "My mother has been working in the house for the last six months. She was a physically challenged person. Someone stabbed my mother to death. We want justice for the murder."

Rafia's body had stab wounds on the forehead, face and head. It is believed that someone stabbed her to death, said the police official.

Police are conducting raids to arrest the killer, he said.