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SRB has arrested five people including prime accused Shamim Mia in a case over the murder of a housewife by strangulation in Rangpur. The arrestees are the deceased housewife’s husband Shamim Mia, 24, Saju Mia, 50, Afroza Begum, 46, Sathi Begum, 22, and Aminul Gatia, 60. They were arrested in drives in Panchagarh and Lalmonirhat in the early hours of Wednesday.
Biplob Kumar Goswami, senior assistant director of SRB-13, gave this information on Wednesday morning.
SRB said Sukhi Moni was married in 2024 to Shamim Mia, a resident of the Chillanir Mazar area of Gangachara upazila in Rangpur. Some time after the marriage, Shamim and his family began physically and mentally torturing Sukhi Moni, demanding Tk 2 lakh in dowry. Local arbitration and settlement over this also took place several times.
On the night of 11 September, Shamim and his family members again tortured Sukhi Moni over the dowry demand. At around 1:30am, Shariful Islam, panel chairman of Kolkonda union parishad, informed Sukhi Moni’s family of her death by mobile phone. On receiving the news, relatives went to the spot and saw black injury marks on Sukhi Moni’s neck. Over the incident, the deceased’s mother Rawshan Begum filed a murder case as plaintiff with Gangachara Model Police Station on 12 September. As the incident created a stir in the area, SRB began a shadow investigation.
On the basis of intelligence information, Sathi Begum and Aminul Gatia were arrested in a drive at Malipukuri village in Boda upazila of Panchagarh at around 2:30am in the early hours of Wednesday. Based on information given by them, prime accused Shamim Mia, Saju Mia and Afroza Begum were arrested in a drive at Kashiram village in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat at 6:00am on Wednesday.
Biplob Kumar Goswami, senior assistant director of SRB-13, said the arrestees have been handed over to Gangachara police station for further legal action against them.
