Husband arrested over alleged strangling of wife in Uttarkhan
Police have recovered the body of a young woman, Sanjida Akter Ima (22), from a house in Uttarkhan in the capital. Police said preliminarily that she was strangled with a scarf around her neck following a family dispute.
Her husband, Aminul Islam, has been arrested in connection with the incident and sent to court.
Sub-Inspector Md Nisar Ali Titumir of Uttarkhan police station said that on receiving the information, police recovered Ima's body from the floor of a room in flat 9/F of a 10-storey building on Dobadia Road in Helal Market, Uttarkhan, on Sunday night. A scarf was wrapped around her neck at the time.
On Monday morning (9 November), the body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy.
Ima's uncle, Md Saiful Islam, said their village home is in Shyamsundarpur village under Aminpur police station in Pabna district. Her father's name is ABM Shafiqul Islam.
Ima was the youngest of three sisters. She studied at Pabna Edward College together with her husband Aminul Islam.
Against their families' wishes, they married for love 7-8 months ago and had since been living in a rented flat in Uttarkhan. They had also been planning to go abroad.
Uncle Saiful Islam said they learned of Ima's death from the police on Sunday night.
Police said Aminul Islam has been arrested in the incident and sent to court as part of further legal proceedings.
Police said the autopsy report will confirm the exact cause of death.
