Victim's tenant held as suspect

Anwara Begum Chowdhury

Police yesterday arrested a youth for his alleged involvement in the killing of Anwara Begum Chowdhury, an official of state-run Jalalabad Gas and a freedom fighter on December 9.
The decomposed body of Anwara was recovered from her Lamabazar residence in the city.
Police brought Osman Gani, 21, a tenant of one of the flats of Anwara's house, before local newsmen yesterday evening at the office of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Dr Aftab Ahmed.
But the journalists were not allowed to ask him any question for, what the officials said, the sake of investigation.
Osman, son of late Jahur Ali of Janigaon under Sunamganj Sadar Police station was arrested from his village home earlier yesterday.
Police officials said, on October 23 Osman rented a ground floor flat of the 4-storey building of Anwara and used fictitious home address and fake father's name for getting enrolled in a city computer training center.
However, police declined to divulge the motive behind Osman's alleged involvement in the killing. They said police would be able to unearth the mystery behind the killing after quizzing Osman thoroughly.
SMP Deputy Commissioner Rezaul Karim told this correspondent that in addition to a blood stained shirt, the personal laptop and movie camera of the deceased were also recovered from Osman's house at the time of his arrest.