Son of former Jessore 5 constituency lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of his wife early yesterday.
Twenty-four-year-old Dr Shamaruf Mahzabin Kona, wife of Humayun Sultan, was found hanging in the bathroom of her in-law’s Dhanmondi house on Thursday afternoon.
Abu Bakkar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station, said Kona’s father Nurul Islam filed a murder case around 1am yesterday.
Police then called Humayun to the police station for interrogation and showed him arrested after the filling of the case.
Former lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan and his wife Jesmin Ara Begum were also made accused in the case. The ex-MP’s family said it was suicide while the family of the deceased claimed that the girl was strangled.
Meanwhile, inquest into the death was prepared yesterday. The report says the victim bore black spots around her neck and another spot in her left wrist.
Police have collected tissues from the victim’s neck and sent it to the Hematology Department for test.
Prof Habibuzzaman Chowdhury of Forensic Medicine Department told the Dhaka Tribune that after the test is done they would be able to say if the victim hanged herself or she was killed.
Asked, if police will arrest former lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan and his wife Jesmin Ara Begum as they were also made accused in the case, the OC said: “If they are found involved they will also be arrested.”
Police sent Humayun to a Dhaka court seeking a 10-day remand. The court fixed Sunday for hearing and sent him to jail.
Kona’s mother-in-law Jesmin Ara Begum, who is also a doctor at the city’s Holy Family Hospital, claimed that Kona went out from their house Thursday morning and returned home around noon and locked her bedroom from inside.
When Kona did not respond to the domestic help’s calls for lunch, the door was broken and Kona’s body was found hanging in the washroom.
“She hanged herself with her scarf from the washroom window,” she told the journalists.
However, Kazi Firozur Rahman, uncle of the deceased, said Kona’s in-laws were staging a drama after killing her. Claiming that Kona’s knees were touching the floor when she was found in the washroom.
He also pointed out that it was not possible for a person’s leg touching the ground if he committed suicide by hanging.
Kona’s father Nurul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that his daughter often complained to him about her in-laws barring her from sitting for the BCS exams and opposing her decision to study for an FCPS degree.
Nurul added that he spoke to Kona for around half an hour in the morning of the incident. Kona also expressed her discontent at the way her in-laws treated her.
The death of Kona who had earned an MBBS degree from the Holy Family Hospital was a planned murder by Tipu Sultan, the father claimed.
Asked about the incident, Humayun, the victim’s husband, refused to say anything to the Dhaka Tribune, saying he submitted a written statement to the police.
On the other hand, Tipu said, if his son was found guilty he would have no objection to his trial.
