The husband of the 28-year-old female doctor found dead in a Dhaka hotel room has confessed to killing her, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said on Friday. "During sustained interrogation, Rezaul Karim Reza told us that he took his wife, Dr Jannatul Nayeem Sritika, to the hotel on the pretext of celebrating her birthday and then stabbed her before sliting her throat," said Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director, legal and media wing, at Rab headquarters. Reza was arrested on Thursday night by members of Rab-2 and 7 from the Muradpur area of Chattogram city. On August 10, Sritika's body was recovered from the fifth-floor room of Family Service Apartment in the Panthapath area of the capital. Also read: Dhaka hotel murder: Slain doctor's boyfriend arrested from Chattogram Sritika was undertaking gynaecology training from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after completing her MBBS from Moghbazar Community Medical College. Next day, a case was filed at Kalabagan police station accusing Reza, following a complaint from the victim's father. Reza, who works as a senior executive at a private company, hails from Cox’s Bazar. Rab recovered Reza’s blood-stained clothes, his mobile phone and his wife's cell phone from his possession, post-arrest. According to Reza’s confession, Reza and Sritika grew close to each other after meeting on social media in 2019 and got married secretly in 2020. As their families were not informed about the marriage, they used to meet at different hotels in the city. "Sritika and Reza often used to fight over the latter's extra-marital affairs as counseling and discussions on the matter failed to resolve the issue. As the marital feud grew, Reza planned to murder his wife to get rid of her," said the Rab officer. Also read: Woman doctor's body found with throat slit in Dhaka hotel On August 10, Reza took her to the hotel to celebrate her birthday, got into a planned fight and then stabbed Sritika with a knife and later slit her throat, according to Rab. Following the crime, the accused left the hotel room locking the door from outside and fled to Chattogram by bus, said Rab. Legal action against the accused is underway, said Commander Khandaker.

A case has been filed over the killing of a female physician at a hotel room in Dhaka. The case was filed at Kalabagan police station after  victim’s father Mohammad Shafiqul Islam lodged a complaint against her lover Rezaul Karim Reza, said Saiful islam, Officer-in-Charge of Kalabagan police station. “Rezaul was a banker but recently he was suspended. Efforts are on to arrest him as soon as possible,” said the OC. Also read: Woman doctor's body found with throat slit in Dhaka hotel  The body of Jannatul Nayeem Sritika ,28, who was undertaking gynecology training from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after completing her MBBS was recovered on Wednesday night. OC Saiful Islam, said. "There were marks of  knife wounds on her body." The manager of the hotel was detained and police suspected the doctor's boyfriend fled after killing her.  Also read: DMCH interns go on strike