Ctg teenager chops man into 10 pieces

A 19-year-old boy, Ariful, killed a family acquaintance, in their single-room rented house at EPZ area of Chittagong city by suffocating the sleeping man, cutting the body into 10 pieces and dumping those in different places in the city including the Karnaphuli river after keeping the body hidden under a bed for two days.

After nearly a month of investigation police arrested Ariful by tracking the cellphones he used, said Devdash Bhatacharya, Chittagong Metropolitan Police additional commissioner (crime), yesterday.

The victim, Md Mohsin, 51, captain of an oil vessel was missing since January 15. His brother and wife, who live in Dhaka, filed an abduction case against Ariful's mother Nazma Akther, 41, a garment worker of EPZ area in the port city, on January 21. They said Mohsin was having an affair with Nazma. 

Police arrested Nazma. Later she admitted that Mohsin would frequent her house but denied knowing about his whereabouts. Ariful was absconding since his mother had been arrested.

On January 18, police recovered the severed body without legs, hands and head in Anandabazar area. A case was filed in this connection. The law enforcers found that the mobile phone numbers of the victim were being used on January 30 and on February 1. After tracking the numbers, they found that Ariful was using them from Jhalakathi.

Police contacted him in guise and once Ariful got back in town they arrested him on February 12. During the interrogation, Ariful admitted committing the murder and said after finding his mother and Mohsin in a compromising situation, he killed Mohsin. Police later recovered the saw used in severing the body and the two mobile phones of the victim.

The body parts dumped in the river could not be found, said Javed Mahmud, inspector (investigation) of EPZ police.

Ariful told The Daily Star that he committed the murder as Mohsin tried to rape his mother.

Police later took Ariful to a court for a confessional statement.