Case filed over brutal murder of woman

A case was filed on Thursday night in connection with the murder of a woman, whose dead body was recovered from a pharmacy in Sunamganj's Jagannathpur municipality area in the afternoon of that day.

The woman, 35-year-old Parvin Jotsna, was a mother of three. She was a resident of Jagannath municipality.

Parvin's brother Helal Miah filed the case with Jagannathpur Police Station, accusing Jitesh Chandra Gope (45), owner of Ovi Medical Hall pharmacy, who hails from Kishorganj's Itna upazila, said Mijanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the police station.

According to police and the case statement, Parvin went to the pharmacy on Wednesday afternoon to buy some medicine. However, she went missing soon after.

Her brother Helal later went to the pharmacy around 5:30pm to look for her, but found that it was closed.

Upon receiving information, police found that Jitesh, who was a resident of the municipality, was on the run along with his family.

Later on Thursday afternoon, police broke open the pharmacy and recovered the woman's body -- which was chopped into six parts.

The knife used for the murder was also found at the pharmacy.

The deceased's body was sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College for autopsy.