Slain wife hospitalised!
Saudi expat husband held while fleeing clinic
A Saudi Arabia expatriate was arrested yesterday while he was fleeing, leaving the body of his slain wife at a local clinic in Sadar upazila of the district.
The arrestee is Billal Miah, son of late Abdul Khaleq of Raja Kha village.
The deceased, Jharna Begum, 31, was daughter of late Abdur Razzak of Naughat village in Ashuganj upazila and mother of two sons.
Sadar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC-Investigation) Md Ziaul Hoque said Billal allegedly strangled his wife on Wednesday night as a sequel to an alleged illicit relation between him and a neighbouring woman.
Victim's brother Helal Uddin said Billal had married his sister two years ago after returning from Saudi Arabia. Billal used to torture his sister Jharna and stopped providing maintenance to her and their sons, as a result, they often locked in quarrels, Helal added.
After killing Jharna, Billal took the body to The Dutch Bangla Diagnostic and Hospital at Old Jail Road in the town on the advice of his brother Oliullah, a shareholder of the hospital, saying that she was a critical patient.
Billal then called Helal saying that Jharna is critically ill. Knowing that Billal used to torture his sister Jharna, Helal informed the police, who arrested Billal from the hospital while Oliullah managed to escape.
The OC said it is primarily assumed that family quarrel was the reason behind the murder and Billal was detained on a complaint by the victim's family.