3 murdered in Dhaka
Three people including a businessman were killed in the capital's Badda and Mirpur yesterday.
In Badda, Abdul Awal, 55, owner of Liva Pharmacy on Satarkul road, was attacked with scissors allegedly by his employee, Fakhrul, 20. The incident took place around 1:00pm following an altercation between them, as the employee sold a medicine at Tk 110 instead of Tk 120, said Nazrul Islam, inspector (investigation) of Badda Police Station.
Awal was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead. Locals caught and handed him over to police.
In Borobagh area of Mirpur, an elderly woman was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife allegedly by a rickshaw puller early yesterday. Sabiha Begum, 65, was murdered as she prevented the rickshaw puller from having an extramarital affair with one of her daughters, Lokkhi, 33, at her home, said OC Nazrul Islam of Mirpur Police Station.
The elderly woman used to live in the house with her another daughter, Ruma, a garment worker, while Lokkhi lived in another house in Mirpur. “Lokkhi used to often take the rickshaw puller to the house when Ruma was outside, at work,” the OC said. Police were looking for the killer.
Meanwhile, Taslima Sultana Eva, 40, was beaten to death allegedly by her husband at her residence in East Monipur area yesterday afternoon. Police arrested the husband, Moniruzzaman Babu. Quoting neighbours, the OC said the husband hit Taslima in the head with an iron rod over a family feud.
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