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Police recovered the body of a 44-year-old man from a rooftop room of a five-storey building in North Shahjahanpur in Dhaka on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Fakhrul Hossain Farhad. Police suspect a longstanding property dispute may have been behind the killing, although investigators are looking into other possible motives.
Farhad was found lying in a pool of blood inside the rooftop room in front of Amtala Jame Mosque. His wife, Shampa, had gone to work while Farhad, who was reportedly ill, stayed home. When she returned later that night, she found him lying motionless on the floor. Food and other belongings were scattered around the room.
The couple had been married for around 15 years.
Farhad’s younger sister, Nur Afsana Hasan Nitu, alleged that he had been involved in a long-running property dispute with their elder sister, Nur Afsana Hasan Nipa, and her husband, Sujon Sarker.
She alleged that the couple had repeatedly threatened Farhad and pressured him to leave the house. Farhad was reportedly threatened with eviction just two days before his death, she said.
Police believe the killing may have taken place on Wednesday evening. Sujon Sarker, whom the family identified as the main suspect, has reportedly gone into hiding, while police detained Nipa for questioning.
Harun-or-Rashid, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Motijheel Division, said investigators were examining multiple possible motives.
“We have learned that there is a property dispute, but we are also looking into whether there were any other issues,” he said, adding that the actual motive would be established after investigators collect and verify evidence.