Absconding domestic help held over Dhanmondi double murder

Police claimed to have arrested key suspect domestic help tonight in connection with the murder of an elderly woman and her house help in Dhanmondi resident on Friday.

The domestic help, who went into hiding after the murder, was arrested by a police team from Dhaka’s Agargaon area around 10:00pm, Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station, told The Daily Star.

The arrest came hours after five people including absconding key suspect domestic help were sued in connection with the murder.

Dilruba Sultana, daughter of one of the victims and house lord Afroza Begum, filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station early today. 

Atikul Haque Bachchu, bodyguard of Dilruba’s husband Kazi Monir Uddin, was made the number one accused while the unknown domestic help made the number two accused in the case, said sub-inspector Subrata Boidya of Dhanmondi Police Station.

The other accused are--security guard Nuruzzaman, caretaker Belal and one Prince. Bachchu took the domestic help to Afroza’s flat. 

Afroza Begum, 65, deputy managing director of Creative Group, and her domestic help Bithi, 17, were found slit-throat at a flat on the fourth floor of a building on road 28.

Morgue sources said, there were multiple stab marks on Afroza’s belly, chest and back while Bithi had stab marks on her chest.