Man held for ‘killing’ wife in Gazipur

Police take Rafiqul Islam (C) in custody after body of his wife was found in a carton belonged to him in Gazipur on Tuesday. Photo: STAR

A man was detained on charges of killing his six-month pregnant wife in Gazipur city this morning.

Detainee Rafiqul Islam, 31, hailed from Monohardi upazila of Narsingdi, is a part-time teacher of a coaching centre located at Chandana intersection in Joydevpur, reports our district correspondent.

A helper and a driver of a pickup van caught Rafiqul around 7:00am when he tried to shift the body of his wife Najmunnahar Begum, 24, hiding in a carton by the van.

Rafiqul might have strangled his wife, said advocate Shamim Hossain Bhuiyan, owner of the house which the detainee rented six months’ back.

The husband informed Shamim last month that he will stay in the house till October.

While loading the truck with the furniture, van helper Tanjin felt something was wrong after he saw a carton, which Rafiqul denied to open in front of him.

Then, Tanjin forcefully opened the carton and found the body under the cloths. Later, he caught Rafiqul with the help of the van driver.

On information, police took the husband under their custody, Arshad, a sub-inspector of the Joydevpur Police Station, said after confirming the incident.

The body was sent to the morgue of Gazipur Sadar Hospital for autopsy.