Pistol used to kill woman was looted from police station

The weapon used in the murder of 22-year-old Saheda Begum on the Dhaka-Mawa highway in Munshiganj was earlier looted by the accused from Wari police station in Dhaka on August 5.

Munshiganj Superintendent of Police Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar disclosed the information at a press conference held at his office yesterday.

Saheda was brought to the Dhaka-Mawa highway in Munshiganj by her alleged lover, Touhid Sheikh Tanmoy, after she pressured him to marry her as she was two and a half months pregnant, the SP said.

"The detectives in Munshiganj arrested Touhid Sheikh Tanmoy at a passenger launch in Bhola's Ilisha after he tried to escape to Monpura Island after killing Saheda. The location of the accused was identified by using technology," he added.

He also said, "According to the information provided by the accused, the pistol used in the murder was recovered from the water under the Battali Bailey Bridge in South Keraniganj, Dhaka on Monday."

The accused told the police that he had looted the foreign pistol from the Wari police station in the capital on August 5.

Meanwhile, Faisal Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Wari Police Station, said, "Weapons were looted from Wari Police Station on August 5, and a case was filed with the police station in this regard. Most of the weapons were later recovered."

The OC could not say how many weapons were looted and how many were recovered.

The OC said, "We have been informed that the weapon recovered in the murder of a young woman in Munshiganj was looted from Wari Police Station. We are investigating the matter."