Woman's body found inside septic tank

Police recovered the body of a woman from a septic tank in Gazipur yesterday, after her family members claimed to have seen her husband dumping the body there around midnight.

The deceased, Afroza Khatun, 25, was an RMG worker.

She used to live at a rented house in Bhaoraid Uttar Para area with her husband Shahjahan Miah and their six-year-old daughter, said police quoting family members.

Afroza's cousin and his brother-in-law, who also lived nearby, claimed that they saw her husband dumping a body inside a septic tank around midnight and running away.

Suspicious, they informed the matter to the ward councillor, who along with locals went to the spot and found the body, said police.

The body bore injury marks on the throat, said Reaz Uddin, sub-inspector of Gazipur Sadar Police Station. “She might have been strangled,” he added.

The SI said Shahjahan, who is on the run, works at a steel mill in Jolarpar area.

The couple got married around eight years ago. They had been quarreling for the last couple of days over some family issues, he said.

On Friday, after returning home from work around 8pm, Afroza had a fight with her husband. Their daughter was not home at that time, said the SI.

Afroza worked in Saudi Arabia for two years; after coming back, she started working at the garment factory, Reaz Uddin said, adding that filing of a case was underway.

The body was sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College morgue for autopsy.