Husband killed actress Shimu over marital strife: police

Actress Raima Islam Shimu was killed by her husband Khandaker Sakhawat Alim Nobel with assistance from his friend SM Wai Farhad over ‘marital strife’, said Dhaka District Superintendent of Police Maruf Hossain Sardar at a press conference on Tuesday.

Police said Shimu’s husband carried out the murder, while his friend helped to hide the body, the information was revealed after the two were arrested and questioned.

The 40-year-old Shimu lived with her husband and two children in Dhaka’s Green Road. She left home on Sunday and never returned. Nobel filed a general diary after she went missing at the Kalabagan Police Station on Monday.

A woman’s dismembered body was found in two sacks by the side of the road near the Hazratpur Bridge in the Aliapur area of Keraniganj on Monday afternoon.

The body was identified by Shimu’s elder brother Shahidul Islam Khokon at Dhaka’s Mitford Hospital that night.

Nobel and Farhad were both detained and brought to Keraniganj Model Police Station after the body was found. After extensive questioning, both were found to be involved with the murder, said police official Maruf.

“Shimu and Nobel were experiencing marital strife over a range of family issues,” he said. “Shimu was killed over these arguments at some point between 7 am and 8 am on Jan 16.”

Nobel and his childhood friend Farhad are currently in police custody. A case is being prepared.