The police have arrested a woman accused of brutally killing Old Dhaka plastic factory owner Nazrul Islam who was found dead at his rented house in the capital鈥檚 Posta area about five days ago.
The accused, Sabina Akther, 25, was arrested at about 5:30am on Saturday in a raid at Mirzapur in the Bagherpara police station area in Jashore, Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for media and public relations Muhammad Talebur Rahman revealed it at a press briefing held at the DMP Media Centre on Sunday.
鈥楾he businessman鈥檚 hands, feet and face were tied when Chawk Bazar police recovered the body on December 4 from the fifth floor of the sixth-storey building.
His private parts were also cut off, and police recovered part of a flower tub, sharp knife and other evidence from the spot,鈥� Talebur said, adding that they also seized two mobile phones from Sabina.
He said that Sabina Akther also acknowledged that she was involved in the murder in primary interrogation.
He said that legal proceedings were under way against arrested Sabina.
According to Chawk Bazar police station officials, Sabina met with Nazrul about a month ago for a job and they got involved in an illegal relationship.
When Nazrul鈥檚 wife and children were not at home, Sabina and Nazrul stayed in the house and at one point Sabina got into an argument with Nazrul over the job issue, police said, adding that Sabina hit Nazmul in the face and head with stone and then smothered him to death using a pillow.
On December 4, the victim鈥檚 younger brother, Tauhidul Islam Taposh, filed a murder case with the Chawk Bazar police station in this regard.
