Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in killing his first wife.
Police arrested the accused Jewel Bishwas alias Imon, 30, from a house in Dhanmondi early Wednesday, more than a month after the murder in Kamrangirchar area.
On June 30, police recovered a half decomposed body of a woman from a second-floor room of a house in West Rasulpur.
Police found the woman’s arms tied with a piece of rope behind her back. Police instantly failed to find her and her husband’s identities.
Later, she was identified as Nasima Akhter, 25, who had been married to Jewel some six years back. They had a child too.
At one stage of their probe they held Jewel.According to the police, Nasima came in contact with Jewel when the latter used to go to Nasima’s place to paint her house. They gradually fell for each other and got married without informing their families.
Three years into the marriage he again tied the knot with Sumi Akhter. This time the marriage was arranged by his family in Gopalganj.
Within two years of his second marriage he confided to his second wife that he had a wife but she had died. He also told her about his child, Dipu, from his first marriage. He fathered a boy from his second marriage too.
After his confession to his second wife he wanted to make his story a true one and planned to kill his first wife. He took her to Dhaka six months back to execute his plan but he failed to do it.
Finally he succeeded on the night of June 30 when his son was asleep.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Lalbagh Zone) Mofijuddin Ahmed in a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre said Jewel confessed to his crime during the interrogation.
He said Jewel first tied Nasima’s hands with rope telling her that they were going to enjoy some funny moments and then he strangled her.
He fled the house after locking it from outside and went straight back to Gopalganj.
Police recovered the body after being informed by his neighbours. Owner Anwar Hossain told the police that he rented out the house to the couple on June 27 for Tk2000 a month.
From one of the neighbours police came to know that Nasima came from Jessore and found a picture of Imon from the room. Later, they collected his cell phone number from Nasima’s parents.
After tracking the number police was confirmed that Jewel and Imon are the same person and arrested him early Wednesday.
Senior ASP of police (Lalbagh Zone) RM Foyzur Rahman said a case was filed with Kamrangirchar police station in connection with the murder.