Tangail Cultural Officer Murder: Police yet to arrest accused husband

Though seven months have already elapsed, police have made no progress in arresting the accused killer of Tangail District Cultural Officer Khandakar Redwana Islam.

Slain Redwana's husband Delwar Hossain Mizan, the only accused of the sensational murder case, is still at large due to unknown reason.

Mirzapur police recovered the body of Redwana, who gave birth to a daughter at Kumudini Hospital on March 22, from inside a cabin of the hospital on March 27 this year.

The following day, victim's younger brother Khandakar Arshadul Abid filed a murder case with Mirzapur Police Station accusing Redwana's husband Mizan. 

According to the case statement, Mizan used to torture Redwana both physically and mentally for dowry since their marriage two years before the murder.

However, relatives of both were acknowledged over their conjugal life.

As a sequel, Mizan first suffocated Redwana with a pillow and then strangled her with a scarf at a cabin of Kumudini Hospital, five days after she gave birth to a daughter.

Besides, accused Mizan, 38, son of Mohammad Elahi Mollah of Charbhangaria village in Pabna's Hemayetpur upazila, was serving at Social Islami Bank in Bhola Sadar upazila branch, while his wife Redwana, 34, daughter of Khandakar Rafiqul Islam of Islampur village in Rangpur Sadar upazila, was district cultural officer at Tangail Zila Shilpakala Academy.

Abid, plaintiff of the case, said they are getting frustrated as police are seem reluctant to yet to arrest his sister's killer even after seven months of the brutal murder.

Officer in Charge of Mirzapur Police Station Rizaul Haque said not only they, but Rapid Action Battalion and other law enforcing agencies are also trying to arrest Mizan.

The authority concerned has issued an order to hand over the investigation of the case to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) recently, he added.