Woman Found Dead Inside Locked Room in Noakhali's West Eojbalia, Police Send Body for Autopsy

Police have recovered the body of a woman from inside a locked room in West Eojbalia village, in Ward 7 of Eojbalia Union under Noakhali Sadar Upazila. The incident took place on Friday afternoon.

The dead woman was Fayez-er Nesa (55), wife of Md Dulal of West Eojbalia village. She lived alone in the house.

According to police and local residents, the door of the house had been closed since the morning and there was no response from Fayez-er Nesa inside. When there was still no response by noon, a neighbouring woman pushed the door.

After pushing the door, the neighbour found Fayez-er Nesa's body lying on the floor of the room. Her screams drew people from the surrounding area. They informed the dead woman's relatives and also reported the matter to Sudharam Police Station.

On receiving the news, police from Sudharam Police Station went to the spot on Friday afternoon and recovered the body. It was then sent to the morgue of the 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital for an autopsy.

Md Belal Hossain, member of Ward 7 of Eojbalia Union Parishad, who went to the spot, said he reached there at around 3:45 pm after hearing the news, when police were already present. He saw the woman's body lying inside the room from outside. He said he heard from people present that there were scratch marks on the woman's face and dark marks on her neck, and that he had heard the police who went to the spot had also seen this.

Sudharam Police Station Sub-Inspector Tushta Lal Biswas, who inspected the spot, said the husband did not live with Fayez-er Nesa because of a lack of understanding between them. Of their two sons and three daughters, the sons live in Dhaka and the daughters in Chattogram. She lived alone.

Sudharam Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Nazrul Islam said a neighbouring woman pushed the door after getting no response from the woman and found her body lying inside the room.

Asked whether there were injury marks on the woman's body, OC Md Nazrul Islam said there were old dark marks on the body and that such marks are present on many people's bodies. He said the family is extremely poor, the body had been recovered and sent to the morgue for an autopsy, and further legal action would be taken on the basis of the family's complaint.

Police could not say for certain how the woman died. Local residents also have suspicions about her death, it was learned.