A dismembered body of a woman, found in Fakirapool area in the capital on Tuesday, has been identified by her younger brother at the Dhaka Medical College morgue.
The victim, Shimul Khatun, 23, was the wife of Nasir, a drug dealer based in Fakirapool area, who was recently arrested and sentenced to one year of imprisonment by a mobile court.
After confirming Shimul’s identity yesterday, her brother Md Mamun said: “I do not know who could have done this; she did not have any enemies.”
Hailing from Gobindapur village in Rajshahi, the siblings were not in touch with any close family members, Mamun told the Dhaka Tribune.
“Our mother died, and we are estranged with our father who married another woman. My sister was the only family member I had. She used to work in an RMG factory before she got married to Nasir a year and a half ago,” he said.
Mamun asked the police to hand Shimul’s body to charity organisation Anjuman Mufidul Islam for burial.
“I don’t have enough money to conduct the [burial] rituals, and my sister supported me when she was alive,” he said.
However, police is suspecting that Shimul may have been a victim of her husband’s involvement in a drug-related feud.
Mobarak Hossain Monti, owner of Rokeya Ahsan Manzil, where Shimul’s body parts were found, and his brother Tapu are also local drug dealers and went into hiding soon after the incident.
Sources at Motijheel police station said Shimul might have been killed over a business conflict between Monti and Nasir.
Following the recovery of Shimul’s body parts, Motijheel police filed a case in this regard.
Contacted by the Dhaka Tribune, Sub-Inspector Mafizur Rahman at Motijheel police station, who is also the case’s investigation officer, said: “We have not arrested anyone yet. But we have been talking to the victim’s family and suspect her husband’s business conflict may have caused this.
“We are working on locating the local drug dealers and drug users. We also hope of being able to arrest the killers of Shimul as soon as possible.”