Feni police has allegedly submitted a “false” report before the District and Sessions’ Judge Court one year after the killing of a housewife at Phulgazi upazila in the district.
Family members of the victim said police had submitted the “fabricated” report in a bid to hide actual reason behind the killing.
Sadar Uddin, husband of the deceased, said “Lecturer of forensic department under Chittagong Medical Collage said that my wife was killed because she received a critical head injury, and was also strangulated. But police had submitted a report before the court saying my wife had committed suicide.”
He alleged that the main accused in the case was Shamima’s aunt Delwar Begum. But police excluded her from the charge sheet.”
He also alleged the charge sheet might have been influence by real killers.
The investigative officer and Officer-in-charge of Phulgazi police station Manzur Alam said, “I submitted a report of suicide to the court after 10 months. I heard that the court has asked for another investigation into the case.”
Source said Shamima Akter, daughter of Abdul Baki of Sharifpur village of the upazila, married her cousin Md Sodor Uddin. She was allegedly killed at the kitchen of her father’s house on March 15.
A murder case was filed in this regard with Phulgazi police station.
According to the case statement, Shamima was killed over land dispute with his uncle Alauddin.
Later, being police recovered the body and sent it Chittagong Medical Collage Hospital for autopsy.