Woman murdered on Munshiganj highway: Lover held with firearms

Detective Branch of Police (DB) on Sunday arrested the prime accused Tawheed for his alleged involvment in the murder of Shahida Islam Rafa on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway at Sreenagar in Munshiganj.

Police apprehended Tawheed Sheikh Tanmoy, 23, prime suspect and lover of the victim Shahida Islam Rafa, 22, along with a foreign-made pistol on late Sunday night from a launch at Ilisha Ghat in Bhola. 

Later, based on his confession, the police officials recovered the murder weapon from a pond at South Keraniganj in Dhaka on Monday morning.   

Tawheed, son of late Shafiq Shah from 22 Barngram Road at Wari in Dhaka, confessed to the crime during interrogation, according to Munshiganj Detective Branch (DB) officer-in-charge Md. Ishtiaq Rasel. 

He stated that Tanmoy led police to recover the victim's stolen belongings from the roadside near the expressway and the DB police team, led by SIs Abul Kalam Azad and Yeasi, uncovered the details of the case through technological surveillance.  

On early Saturday morning, the bullet-hit body of Shahida Akter was found on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway at Dogachhi area in Munshiganj.

The deceased Shahida Begum, from Begunbari Boribyan village in Mymensingh Kotwali and daughter of Motaleb Mia, used to work as a domestic help in a house at Wari area in Dhaka.

Being informed by locals, police recovered the body from the expressway. Though, it could not be possible to identify the dead body through her fingerprints, later, family members of the victim were contacted and Shahida's mother Jorina Begum went to the spot and identified her daughter.

Later, the mother filed a murder case at Sreenagar Police Station on the following day accusing Shahida's lover.