Police recovered 6 pieces of a housewife’s body after she was allegedly killed by her husband in the Rowshan Road area of Chandina, Gazipur on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Chaina, 27, wife of Reazul Karim Ranju.
Local people called the police when they smelt an odour from the rented house of Ranju.
Upon receiving information, police recovered six of Chaina’s limbs kept in sacks, luggage. They arrested her husband Ranju, Joydevpur police station SI Ekram Hossain said.
He added: “At a stage of altercation over familial matter, Chaina was killed and cut to pieces by her husband on Sunday night at their rented house in the Barabari area of Gazipur Sadar upazila.”
Later on Monday, Ranju left the Barabari area and rented another house in Chandina of Gazipur with the pieces of his wife’s body, he added.
Chaina hailed from Lohagara of Narail, while Ranju hailed from Pangsha of the Rajbari district.