Cop stabs wife, in-laws, kills mother-in-law

A police constable allegedly stabbed his mother-in-law to death and wounded his wife and brother-in-law in Chuadanga’s Alamdanga upazila yesterday.

Deceased Sefaly Adhikari was the wife of Sadananda Adhikari from Madrasapara area, said Kalim Ullah, additional superintendent of police in Chuadanga.

The accused Ashim Bhattacharyia is a resident of Khulna’s Daulatpur, said Kalim, adding that he married Sadananda’s daughter Falguni Adhikari eight years ago.

Falguni used to live with her parents in Madrasapara area until recently when Ashim was transferred to Alamdanga Police Station, Kalim said, quoting Falguni’s family members.

Since then, the couple, who have a five-year-old daughter, had been living in a rented house adjacent to Falguni’s paternal home.

They often used to have heated conversations as Ashim suspected that his wife had an extramarital affair. 

On the night of the incident, Ashim found something unexpected in his wife’s mobile phone and attempted to stab her with a sharp weapon around 1:30am, said the police official.  

The frightened wife ran out of the house and her mother and younger brother Ananda Adhikary came out on the road hearing her screams.

Ashim also came down to the street chasing his wife and indiscriminately stabbed the three before fleeing the scene.

The three were rushed to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where doctors declared Sefaly dead, Kalim said.

Falguni and Ananda are currently receiving treatment at the hospital, the additional SP said, adding that they were trying to arrest the cop.

A case was filed in this connection, he said.