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Man kills wife, dismembers her limbs in Pabna

Update : 16 Nov 2021, 06:54 PM

A case of domestic violence turned into a gruesome murder, when a man reportedly killed his wife before dismembering her limbs in Pabna.

The incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday at Falia village in Maligachha union of Sadar upazila, reports a correspondent from Pabna.

The deceased was identified as Hamida Khatun, 32, wife of Tejem Mollah, confirmed Pabna Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Aminul Islam.

He said: “Police is investigating the incident. We will take legal action once we receive a written complaint.”

Victim’s brother Hamidul Islam said Hamida used to endure frequent beatings from Tejem whenever she would protest the fact that he was having an extramarital affair.

“Early Tuesday morning, Tejem called to confess to killing my sister. We rushed to my sister’s house and discovered her corpse hacked to pieces. However, Tejem was nowhere to be found,” added Hamidul,

Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Pabna General Hospital Morgue for an autopsy.

Meanwhile in Savar, a man tried to kill his wife during a fight centring her alleged involvement in an extramarital affair.

At one point, using a sharp garden tool Morshed Miya, 40, hacked and injured Laili Begum, 30, Tuesday morning.

Subsequently, Morshed poured boiling hot water on himself in an attempt to commit suicide, reports our Gazipur correspondent.

The incident took place at 9:30am at the couple’s rented place in Jirani area of Ashulia, confirmed Ashulia police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Kawshar Hamid.

Locals apprehended Morshed and handed him over to police.

Both the injured are currently undergoing treatment at two separate local hospitals.

Our correspondent Raihanul Islam Akand from Gazipur contributed to this report

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