A woman has been stabbed to death in Boira Charbati area in Khulna.
Shefali Rano Bonik, 55, was stabbed by some assailants on Sunday. She was the widow of former food department official late Gobindo Lal Bonik.
Sonadanga model police station OC Maruf Ahmed said: “On information from the locals, police went to the spot and recovered Shefali's body from the kitchen around 8:30pm.”
Later, police detained one Shojol Bonik, 30, from the bathroom of the house and recovered the knife used in the murder and a gold bangle which was robbed from the house from his possession.
He said: “The locals claimed that four to five assailants had entered the house in the evening> Few hours later screams were heard from there.”
Police anticipated that the murders came to the house with the intention of robber and were known to the family.