The death of a domestic help in the capital’s Shewrapara remains shrouded in mystery as police are yet to file any case two days after the killing, even after arresting her employer.
Rita Akhter, who had been working as a domestic help at the house of Additional Superintendent of Police Kutub Uddin for the last four months, was found dead on the road in front of the building around 8:30am on Monday.
Soon after the incident, police detained Sonia Akter Munni, 26, wife of the ASP, who has been working in Sudan as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission for one year. It was preliminarily suspected that the deceased might have been pushed from the rooftop of the eight-storey building. But police could not found blood on road when recovered the body from the spot.
An official of Kafrul police station, who preferred to be anonymou,s said it was quite impossible to push a person from the rooftop under daylight. “We have got some mark of blood injures inside the employer’s flat.”
Nevertheless, the body was sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy after 14 hours of the incident. Asked about delay of sending the body to the morgue, Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Kafrul police station, said: “We sent the body in time after completing some legal procedure. Police will file a case in this regard after getting autopsy report.” About Munni’s current position, he said they had placed her at court under section 54 after showing her arrest.
