Police recovered the body of a woman from a river near Putimari Bazar of Khulna’s Batiyaghata five days after she went missing. The deceased was identified as Fatima Begum, 37, of Khulna. According to police, Fatima Begum had been missing since January 7 when she went to NGO employee Tahmina’s house to collect Tk 4,000 owned. Fatima’s family filed a general diary with the police station following her missing. Meanwhile, NGO worker Tahmina and her husband were called to Khulna sadar police station to inquire about the disappearance of Fatima. At the one stage of interrogation, they admitted to killing Fatima Begum and gave a confessional statement. Their statements were recorded by Metropolitan Magistrate Tariqul Islam on Thursday. Read more: Missing man’s body recovered a day after wife drowned in Padma river Nimai Chandra Kundu, officer-in-charge of Khulna police station, said Tahmina, an employee of Nabolok NGO, took Tk 4,000 from the victim saying that she would get a loan of Tk 40,000 from the NGO. But she started an altercation with Fatima about the non-payment of the loan.   On January 7, Fatima went to Tahmina’s house in Daroga Para in the town to get Tk 4,000 back. But Tahmina started an altercation with Fatima and at one stage she hit Fatima’s head with a brick, killing her on the spot. Later, Tahmina and her husband wrapped the body with a plastic bag and threw it in the Putimari River, he added.   According to their confession, divers conducted a search drive into the river but her body was not found. Later, the locals saw the body floating and informed police and police recovered it. Admitting their responsibility in the murder, the couple gave a statement under section 164 in the court. Later the court sent them to jail. Read more: Body recovered from pond in Pabna’s Ishwardi

Khulna’s Rahima Begum, who remained  “missing” for 29 days, was handed over to her family this evening after her statement was recorded in the court. Khulna Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2 Judge AL Amin recorded Rahima’s statement around 6 pm. Later, she was taken to her younger daughter Aduri Akter’s house in the city's Boyra area, said plaintiff’s lawyer Afruzzaman Tutul. Also read: I was abducted over land dispute: Rahima Begum In her statement, Rahima provided detailed information on being “abducted over land dispute”. She said she was abducted and taken to Chattogram. From there, she went to Faridpur on her own. Earlier on Saturday night, police rescued Rahima from Boalmari upazila of Faridpur. Also read: Rahima stopped talking when police found her and asked questions “I was abducted by some unidentified men from in front of my house,” Rahima claimed when she met her family members at the PBI office in Khulna. “Golam Kibria and Md Mohiuddin, two people with whom Rahima was at loggerheads over land, had forcefully collected her signature on a blank paper and left her at a remote place with only Tk 1000,” Mushfiqur quoted Rahima. Four-five people Rahima accused over her abduction in the statement were also accused in a case filed over her going missing, following a complaint received from her children. Read Reported “missing”, Khulna’s Rahima was staying in Faridpur since Sept 17: Police

Khulna’s Rahima Begum, who had been missing for 29 days, has finally opened her mouth, and talked about her disappearance. “I was abducted by some unidentified men from in front of my house,” Rahima claimed when she met her family members at the PBI office in Khulna. According to SP Syed Mushfiqur Rahman of Police Bureau of Investigation Khulna, Rahima claimed that she was abandoned at an unfamiliar place after abduction. Read: No one takes clothes or medicine with them, if they are abducted: PBI SP “Golam Kibria and Md Mohiuddin, two people with whom Rahima was at loggerheads over land, had forcefully collected her signature on a blank paper and left her at a remote place with only Tk 1000,” Mushfiqur quoted Rahima. The SP added that they have also discovered why Rahima went to Abdul Quddus’ house in Faridpur. “At first, Rahima wasn’t sure where she would go. Later, she reached the house of Abdul Quddus in Syedpur village under Faridpur’s Boalkhali upazila via Gopalganj’s Muksedpur, the only place she knew that she could go to. She couldn’t let anyone know about her whereabouts as she didn’t have a mobile phone with her,” Rahima apparently told PBI. Read: Rahima stopped talking when police found her and asked questions SP Mushfiqur also said that police are currently verifying Rahima’s claims. “She has been sent to the court, where it’ll be decided what will happen next.” On August 27, Rahima went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in Banikpara area of Khulna’s Doulatpara upazila around 10pm. Her family found her sandals, scarf and the pitcher she was carrying from the spot. The family first filed a complaint with the police, based on which an FIR was lodged by the cops against some people. Read Missing Khulna woman found dead in Mymensingh, family suspects On September 13, after Rahima remained missing for 17 days and police failed to find her, her younger daughter Aduri Akter appealed to the Khulna court to transfer the case to the PBI, said Rahima’s elder daughter Moriom Mannan. The same day the court ordered police to hand over the case of Rahima Begum to the PBI.

It is unlikely that Rahima Begum was abducted, SP Syed Mushfiqur Rahman of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Khulna, said today. Speaking to journalists at a press briefing this morning, the PBI SP also said that they are hopeful of resolving this mystery soon. “Rahima is not talking to anyone since she has been found. She is looking a bit nervous but is physically alright. We have come to know that before going to Faridpur, she had stayed in Bandarban and Chattogram for some days. We’ll disclose information as soon as we learn more details from her,” Mushfiqur said. Also read: Rahima stopped talking when police found her and asked questions Mushfiqur added that they have solved the mystery regarding why Rahima went to Abdul Kuddus’ house in Faridpur. “Abdul Quddus used to be a tenant at Rahima’s Khulna house. Quddus used to work at Khulna’s Sonali Jute Mill. For some reason, Rahima tracked down Quddus, went to Faridpur and had been staying with the family since September 17. Efforts are on to understand why Rahima went to Quddus’ house,” added the SP. “We have found a white shopping bag with Rahima which contained some clothes and medicine. No one takes clothes or medicine with them, if they are abducted,” said the SP. While talking to journalists, Mushfiqur said that Rahima has longstanding enmity with her neighbours over land and police are not sure whether she went “missing” over this. SP Mushfiqur informed that while six people have been arrested over the issue, three more have been brought to Khulna with Rahima. Police will interrogate all of them to find out what actually happened. “Rahima will be produced before the court after questioning. The court will then decide what to do next,” said Mushfiqur. On August 27, Rahima went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in Banikpara area of Khulna’s Doulatpara upazila around 10pm. Her family found her sandals, scarf and the pitcher she was carrying from the spot. Also read: Reported “missing”, Khulna’s Rahima was staying in Faridpur since Sept 17: Police The family first filed a complaint with the police, based on which an FIR was lodged by the cops against some people. On September 13, after Rahima remained missing for 17 days and police failed to find her, her younger daughter Aduri Akter appealed to the Khulna court to transfer the case to the PBI, said Rahima’s elder daughter Moriom Mannan. The same day the court ordered police to hand over the case to the PBI.

Khulna’s Rahima Begum, found in Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila 29 days after disappearance, had been staying there since September 17, police say. Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Deputy Commissioner (North) Molla Jahangir Hossain shared the information at a press briefing in Khulna’s Doulatpur police station around 2:30 am today. However, Rahima is not answering any of the police’s questions about why she left home and stayed in Faridpur. She has not spoken since she was brought under police custody, said Molla Jahangir. Read: 'Missing' Rahima Begum of Khulna found alive in Faridpur: Police Based on intelligence team’s information, a team of KMP conducted a drive at the house of Quddus Molla in Syedpur village, under Faridpur’s Boalmari Upazila, and found Rahima unharmed on Saturday night. Rahima Begum was brought to Daulatpur police station around 2 am. Police also detained three people, including two women, from the house for questioning. Quddus’ relatives told police that Rahima had been staying in the house since September 17. In this regard, Rahima’s son Sadi said, “Since my mother was rescued alive, she will be able to shed light on the disappearance.” “If someone from my family is involved in the incident, administration will take action against them,” he added. Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) will further investigate this matter, said Molla Jahangir. On August 27, Rahima went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in Banikpara area of Khulna’s Doulatpara upazila around 10pm. Her family found her sandals, scarf and the pitcher she was carrying from the spot. The family first filed a complaint with the police, based on which an FIR was lodged by the cops against some people. On September 13, after Rahima remained missing for 17 days and police failed to find her, her younger daughter Aduri Akter appealed to the Khulna court to transfer the case to the PBI, said Rahima’s elder daughter Moriom Mannan. The same day the court ordered police to hand over the case to the PBI. Read: Missing Khulna woman found dead in Mymensingh, family suspects So far, six people have been arrested in this case. They are Rahima’s second husband Belal Howladar, Mohiuddin, Palash, Jewel, Helal Sharif, and assistant engineer at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Golam Kibria. As the case was investigated by the PBI, a remand appeal made by the police to interrogate Rahima’s husband Belal remains pending for hearing, said police. Rahima's family resorted to putting up “missing” posters in Khulna city in the hope they will get their mother back. Finally on Thursday night, Rahima’s daughter Moriom Mannan wrote in a Facebook post that they had found their mother’s body in Mymensingh. However, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Khulna's Daulatpur police station and Mymensingh police couldn’t confirm the matter.

Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested six people in connection with the disappearance of a 55-year-old woman in Khulna on August 27. Rahima Khatun went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in the Banikpara area of Doulatpara upazila in Khulna around 10pm on that day. Rahima’s second husband Belal Howladar was taken into police custody on Monday night for interrogation and later was shown arrested in a case filed on a complaint filed by her children, said Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Doulatpur police station. Earlier five others -- Mohiuddin, Palash, Jewel, Helal Sharif and assistant engineer at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Golam Kibria -- were arrested in this case. Also read: 7 young men missing from Cumilla since Aug 23 Of them, four were accused by the plaintiff in the case statement, said the OC. OC Nazrul said that Rapid Action Battalion and other law enforcing agencies were also investigating the matter along with police. “On August 27, Rahima’s cell phone was active in the Jogipole area after 10 pm but it was switched off before it could be tracked,” said the OC. Rahima’s daughter Mariyam Hannan, in a Facebook post, said on Monday that her mother "has been missing for the last 17 days" though the administration claimed they are working to find her. Also read: Body of missing youth recovered from river in Chuadanga “Every moment my mother’s face comes to my mind whether I go to sleep or eat. She must be hoping her children will find her soon,” she wrote.

Police recovered the body of a woman from Shibpur Purbopara village in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat, 37 days after she had gone missing. The deceased was identified as Beauty Begum, 33, of  Syed Damgarah village of Bogura’s Shibganj upazila. Read: 3 hanging bodies recovered from different parts of Naogaon in 24 hours Police said Beauty Begum had an illicit affair with Uzzal and she came to visit him at Shibpur Purbpara village in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat from Bogura on the night of April 21. Uzzal Hossain raped her at his house and when Beauty pressurized him to marry her, Uzzal strangled her to death and hide the body in the toilet’s septic tank of his house. Later, victim's family lodged a complaint with Shibganj police. Based on the complaint, police arrested Uzzal Hossain from Bogura city on Friday night. Read: Woman burnt to death by ex-husband in Patuakhali On the basis of Uzzal's information, police recovered the dismembered body of Beauty Begum from the septic tank of Uzzal’s house Friday midnight. A murder case was filed at Khetlal Police Station on Saturday, said Raushan Yazdani, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Khetlal Police Station.

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her nine-month-old baby dumped underground at East Hatempur in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district on Saturday, four days into their missing. The deceased were identified as Sumaiya, wife of Shaheen Munshi and her nine-month-old daughter. Mohammad Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of Patharghata Police Station, said local people spotted a new grave near the house of Shaheen and informed police. Also read: Woman goes missing in Meghna trawler capsize On information, police unearthed the body of Sumaiya and her daughter, their hands and legs tied with rope. Quoting local people, police said Saheen marrid Sumaiya after a village arbitration over his relationship with her led to the birth of the baby. On Wednesday, Sumaiya along with her daughter went to her parents’ home for lunch. But Shaheen did not go. Sumaiya and her daughter returned home and since then they remained missing. Shaheen also went into hiding since Wednesday. Also read: 3 missing children rescued from Sylhet's Jaflong  Police arrested three people including Sumaiya’s mother-in-law, grandmother-in-law and brother-in-law—over the issue.