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Police have recovered the body of a young woman from inside a travel bag in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.
Sonargaon Police chief Rashedul Hasan Khan said the body was found in Mograpara Union around 6:00 pm on Tuesday.
Police said the woman appeared to be around 20 years old, reports bdnews24.com.
Family members of 18-year-old Saima Akter Mim claimed the body might be hers, who had been missing since Friday.
Mim lived with her husband Md Raihan in a rented house at Mograpara Union.
Officer Rashedul said efforts were under way to confirm the identity, as the family was “not fully certain”.
Locals alerted police after detecting a foul smell from a bag on the Menikhali River slope under a bridge.
“From the condition of the body, we believe the murder took place at least three days ago,” Rashedul said.
“It was wrapped in polythene, sealed with scotch tape, and placed in a travel bag intended to be dumped into the river. But it got stuck on the slope.”
The body was later handed over to the Kalagachhia Naval Police for investigation.
Mim’s uncle Khokon Sheikh Sagar said she had married Raihan two years ago against her family’s wishes.
The couple had been facing marital problems, he added.
“Mim told me on Friday that her husband was planning to remarry, and they had argued. When I couldn’t reach her later, I filed a missing persons complaint with Sonargaon Police on Tuesday morning. A few hours later, I heard about the body,” he said.
He also said the family suspected Raihan of killing Mim and dumping the body.
Kalagachhia Naval Police outpost in-charge Inspector Saleh Ahmed Pathan said, “Mim’s husband has been detained for questioning. Further action would follow an investigation.”