Housewife beaten and burnt to death in Dhaka

A housewife was possibly beaten and later burnt to death in her flat by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka's Kafrul area.

The deceased was identified as Shima Begum (33), wife of Shahjahan Sikder.

Selimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station said the woman used to live with her husband, stepson Nahid Shikder, 22, and Nahid's wife on the sixth floor of an under-construction 10-storey building in Baishteki area.

Nahid and his wife went into hiding after the incident, said the police official.

A neighbour today said sounds of an argument could be heard from the flat this morning too, the OC said.

"We are suspecting that she was beaten and later burned to death," the OC added.

On information, Crime Scene Unit of Criminal Investigation Department collected evidence from the spot this evening.

The body was sent to Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 8:00pm from where it was sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy, added the OC.

Sources at the DMCH morgue said they found burn injuries on the body and also several stab injury marks on its back.