BANGLADESH

A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in the capital’s Adabar area Monday night.

The victim is identified as Chandana Begum, 22, of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur while her suspected killer husband is Saju Hossain, of Bogra.

Saju, a garment worker, rented a room at Road No. 3 of Shekhertek this month, said Anwar Hossain, a sub-inspector (SI) of Adabar Police Station.

Saju stabbed Chandana indiscriminately around 11:00pm Monday at their rented house, the SI said.

The SI suspected that family feud might be the reason behind the killing.

Saju, however, managed to escape the scene immediately after the killing, the SI added.

Being informed by the other tenants of the house, police recovered the body around 1:00am Tuesday and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali's wife met his party chief again on Wednesday.

Tahsina Rushdir Luna had also met Khaleda Zia on May 3.

Khaleda's press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan told that she went to the opposition chief's office at Gulshan around 9pm and was there for more than one hour.

Khaleda's aide added that Luna went to the party chairperson's Gulshan office alone.

Luna had previously called on Khaleda on Apr 21 following the disappearance of her husband.

Ilias, one of the organising secretaries of BNP and a former MP from Sylhet, and his driver went missing in the early hours of Apr 18. His car was found abandoned in the capital's Mohakhali area.

BNP has been alleging that 'government agencies picked him up', but the government has been refuting the allegation, saying it was a 'drama staged by the BNP'.

The Rapid Action Battalion and police have raided several places at Pubail in Gazipur and Dhaka in search of Ilias, but to no avail.