Husband Shahin arrested and sent to court in Patgram case over the strangling of housewife Shirin

Police in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat have arrested Tushar Hossain Shahin in the case over the strangling death of his wife Shirin Akter Sheela, 25, a mother of two. On Wednesday morning (28 October) the arrested suspect was sent to a Lalmonirhat court under police guard.

Patgram police station officer-in-charge (OC) Saiful Islam said Shahin was arrested in a raid at around 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday (27 October). He added that the victim's father filed a murder case at the station late on Tuesday night.

According to police and the case statement, an argument broke out between the couple on Monday afternoon (26 October) after Shahin wanted to go out to watch a game. At one point Shahin allegedly grabbed Shirin by the throat. When she went limp, Shahin fled.

Later that evening, police recovered Shirin's body from Shahin's house in the Pradhanbari area of Sreerampur Union in the upazila. The next day, after an autopsy at the morgue of Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital, the body was handed over to her family.

Shirin was the daughter of Shahidul Islam of Paschim Sardubi village in Bara Khata Union of Hatibandha upazila in the district. She leaves a six-year-old daughter and a son aged one and a half.

The case statement says Shirin married Shahin, son of Sahidar Rahman of the Pradhanbari area of Sreerampur Union, about seven years ago. It alleges that Shahin physically and mentally tortured Shirin over dowry from after the marriage, and that he was addicted to drugs.

OC Saiful Islam said a case had been filed at the station over the killing of the wife, that the main suspect, her husband Tushar Hossain Shahin, had been arrested in a raid, and that he was sent to court on Wednesday morning.