I alone killed both women: prime accused

House help Surovi Akhter Nahida yesterday confessed to a magistrate that she alone killed the elderly woman and another domestic worker as they did not allow her to leave.

Afroza Begum, deputy managing director of Creative Group, and her domestic help Bithi were found dead in a flat on the fourth floor of a building on Road 28 in Dhanmondi last Friday.

“I was appointed as a house help in Afroza’s residence by Atikul Haque Bachchu -- bodyguard of Afroza’s son-in-law Kazi Monir Uddin -- on the day of the incident,” Surovi said in her confessional statement.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansary recorded her statement at his chamber after DB Inspector Md Robiul Alam, also the investigation officer of the case, produced the accused.

Surovi in her statement said Bachchu took her to Afroza’s house and went out for work. After a while, Afroza and Bithi locked the door from inside which made her nervous. She tried to leave the flat but in vain.

“I took a knife from the kitchen and slit Bithi’s throat in the guest room, and stabbed her in the chest. Later, I also slit Afroza’s throat in another room and stabbed her several times. After the murders, I took a mobile phone from the house and left,” she added in the statement.

Following the murders, Dilruba Sultana, daughter of Afroza, filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station against five people, including Bachchu and Surovi.

Police arrested Surovi from Agargaon on November 4.