Woman held on charge of killing husband

Police on Sunday night arrested a housewife from Chawk Chatiyani village in the district town on charge of murdering her husband with the help of hired killers a week ago.

In primary interrogation, arrestee Munni Khatun, 25, wife of slain Mithu Hossain, 30, also daughter of Abdul Munnaf of Santhia upazila, confessed to her involvement in the killing.

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Earlier, on July 21, police found the body of Mithu Hossain, 30, son of Abul Kashem, beside a road near Kathgora Beel (water body) in adjacent Chatmohar upazila.

Deceased's wife Munni filed a case with Sadar Police Station the same night, accusing some unidentified men.

Police came to know Munni's involvement in the killing from two people, including a woman, who were arrested soon after filing of the case.

During quizzing, Munni told police that she hired two friends of her husband for Tk 50 thousand to kill him as she failed to stop her husband's extra-marital affair and drug addiction, said Abdul Kuddus, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Sadar Police Station.

Quoting Munni, police said she hired Mithu's two friends-Sujon Hossain and Hossain Ali-for 50 thousand.

According to the plan, the duo called Mithu out of his house on July 20, strangled him and dumped the body beside the Kathgora Beel.