Woman killed for refusing to quit job, husband arrested after a week

Members of the Criminal Investigation Department arrested a man yesterday (July 27, 2022) for allegedly killing his wife with a sharp weapon on July 21, 2022, after she refused to quit her job in Sholdhara village at Gior upazila of Manikganj.

The accused Russell Mollah Rupak (28), was arrested from Dhaka's Keraniganj during a raid, reports our Manikganj correspondent quoting CID Inspector Monir Hossain, also the investigating officer of the case.

The accused had been pressuring his wife Sumi Akhter to quit her job for a long time. On July 21, a scuffle between them occurred, centring the issue. At one point, Rupak hacked Sumi using a locally made sharp weapon, leaving her dead on the spot, said the IO.

Rupak has confessed to his crime during a primary interrogation, added the CID inspector.

Following the murder, the victim's father Md Rahm Ali filed a murder case at Ghior Police Station against Rupak.

Rupak assured Sumi that she could continue her job after marriage, said Superintendent of Police Mukta Dhar at a press conference at CID's office in Dhaka's Malibagh.

"But after marriage, Rupak and his family members changed their mind and pressured her to quit her job. Apart from this, they also tortured her both physically and mentally," said the CID SP.

Sumi even told her in-laws that she had spoken to the office about quitting her job and that she was requested not to quit until they find her replacement, said Mukta.

Rupak had been working as an assistant to a lawyer in Manikganj judge's court for about nine years, she added.

Rupak and Sumi got married on May 15 of this year. Sumi had been working as a field worker in a local private development company.

The accused was handed over to CID Manikganj after the press conference, IO Monir told The Daily Star.

He will be produced before a court today, he added.