Unidentified miscreants today
strangled to death the daughter of former editor of the Daily Ittefaq
Akhtarul Alam at her Rampura residence, police and hospital sources
said.
Police said they recovered 47-year old Fahmida Akhter alias Bithun's
body at about 2:30pm from her Mohanagar Porject apartment at Rampura
while her husband Golam Robbani currently lives in Bahrain and her only
son Siratim Mustakim aged about 23 stays in the United States as a US
national.
Bithun's father was a former acting-editor of the Ittefaq who later served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Bahrain.
"Her body was found lying on the floor with hands and legs tied up with rope while neck was wrapped in scarf" at her fifth floor apartment, sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Rampur Police Station told BSS.
Doctors of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) who carried out the autopsy said she was strangled to death and pepper power was also sprayed in her face.
Police said the process was underway to file a murder case.
Bithun's father was a former acting-editor of the Ittefaq who later served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Bahrain.
"Her body was found lying on the floor with hands and legs tied up with rope while neck was wrapped in scarf" at her fifth floor apartment, sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Rampur Police Station told BSS.
Doctors of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) who carried out the autopsy said she was strangled to death and pepper power was also sprayed in her face.
Police said the process was underway to file a murder case.
DHAKA, Jan 30, 2015 (BSS) -
