Police early yesterday arrested a teenager in Chittagong EPZ area on charge of murdering the captain of an oil tanker in January.
The arrestee was Ariful Islam, 19, son of late Khokon Howlader of Pirojpur.
He was held in possession of two mobile phones of the 51-year-old victim, Md Mohsin, and a saw which was used to commit the crime.
“Ariful is a garment worker at the EPZ area. He killed Mohsin at his [Ariful’s] house at Kalshi Dighir Par of the EPZ area over an extra-marital affair with his mother Nazma Begum,” said Chittagong Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner (crime and operation) Debdas Bhattacharya at a press conference at the CMP headquarters.
He said Mohsin, a resident of Dhaka, would often come to Chittagong as part of his job and would stay in Ariful’s house during his time in the port city.
“Nazma’s husband died five to six years ago and her illicit relation with Mohsin infuriated Ariful. Ariful, during interrogation, said Nazma gave him a task outside the house when Mohsin came in on January 15. Upon his return, Ariful found Mohsin and his mother in a compromising situation.
“Later in the evening, Ariful strangled Mohsin to death in the absence of Nazma and hid the body under the bed. The following day, he bought a saw and cut Mohsin’s body into ten pieces.
He dumped a part of the body in Halishahar area and the remaining parts in the Karnaphuli River,” Debdas said.
Mohsin’s brother filed a complaint with EPZ police station on January 15 as he did not return home and police later detained Nazma for questioning.
“Despite the detention of his mother, Ariful behaved normally and police suspected that something was wrong. He later went into hiding in Pirojpur and police arrested him after his return to Chittagong,” said EPZ police station Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam.
