At one stage of altercation over a familial matter, a housewife was cut off into pieces by her husband on Sunday.
Police recovered six pieces of her body after she was allegedly killed by her husband in the Rowshan Road area of Chandina in Gazipur yesterday.
The deceased was Chaina, 27, wife of Reazul Karim Ranju.
Locals called the police after sensing malodor coming from the rented house of Ranju.
Upon receiving information, police went to the house and arrested Ranju and recovered six of Chaina’s limbs kept in sacks, Sub-Inspector of Joydevpur police station Ekram Hossain said.
He said: “At one stage of the 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 area and rented another house in Chandina in Gazipur with the pieces of his wife’s body, he added.
Chaina hailed from Lohagara of Narail, while Ranju hailed from Pangsha of Rajbari district.