A housewife’s throat was slit to death intentionally by her husband. Police have recovered the decapitated body of a housewife named Shahida Begum at Char-Paikerchhara village of Paikerchhara union in Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram on Tuesday (4 January) morning . Police have arrested husband Abubakar Siddique (38) for the crime.
Shahida's daughter and mother were also stabbed while trying to stop the incident. Bhurungamari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain confirmed the incident.
According to the statement of the police, Shahida Begum of the same village got married to the wood trader Abubakar Siddique (38). They were the parents of three. Abubakar has been living in the house of his father-in-law as a son-in-law for a long time. Siddique got furious due to a family quarrel first. Then he hit his wife on the head with a hammer at around 3pm on Tuesday. At that time, his daughter Sumaiya (9) and mother-in-law Maryam Begum (50) entered the scenario, where they ended up getting injured themselves. Siddiq tied them up and brutally stabbed them. They are currently undergoing treatment at Bhurungamari Hospital.
Shahida’s body is currently carrying the marks of sharp injuries in her neck, and has been recovered from the crime spot around 4:00am, informed Ataur Rahman, a sub-inspector of Bhurungamari Police Station.
Abubakar was a drug addict and used to suspect his wife. Which has been the reason behind their quarrel for a long time.
OC Alamgir Hossain said the killer was arrested in the morning. Preparations are underway to file a case.