Newlywed woman murdered in Ctg
A woman was found murdered at her residence in Chattogram city yesterday, 15 days after she had got married.
The throat of Surma Akhter, a readymade garment worker, was slit, said Inspector (investigation) Gazi Fouzul Azim of Bandar Police Station.
Her husband Md Javed, a driver by profession and hailing from Jhalakathi, has been on the run since the incident, said the inspector.
Yesterday morning, Javed phoned one of Surma’s cousins saying that his wife was sick, Sub-Inspector Abdul Gafur quoted the cousin as saying.
Inspector Fouzul Azim said the body was recovered from the couple’s rented house, on the top floor of a four-storey building at Bandar East Colony in the port city around 11am.
SI Gafur said Surma and Javed rented one of their three rooms to one Didarul Alam, a Chittagong Port employee, after their marriage held on December 1.
Didarul, who lives there with his family, was being interrogated, said the SI. They were trying to arrest Javed, he added.
The body was sent to Chattogram Medical College morgue for autopsy, said the police officer.
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