The deceased was identified as Zahidul Islam Zahid, 32, a C&F agent and son of Abdur Jabbar Tarafdar of Narayanpur village in Benapole.
Quoting locals, Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sharsha Police Station, said Zahidul gave Tk 7 lakh to Beauty Khatun, wife of Jharu Dalal, for sending him to abroad. Later, instead of sending Zahid to abroad as promised, Beauty cheated the money.
Later, Zahid locked into altercations several times with Beauty over the issue.
On Wednesday night, Beauty called Zahid to her home in Kazirber village saying to return the money. When Zahid went there, Beauty I association with her associates stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead.
Later, they dumped the body into the banana orchard after keeping it inside a sack.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to local a hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, police arrested five people--Beauty Khatun, her daughter Sumi Khatun, 24, Rahima Begum, 50, wife of Muktar Ali, Ferdousi, 32, wife of Khalid and Khalid’s son Al-Amin in connection with their suspicious involvement in the killing.
During primary interrogation, Beauty admitted her guilt, said the OC.