Juri / Moulvibazar / Representative /

Police recovered the dead body of Shahana Begum (16), daughter of Arman Ali of Shilua Tea Garden, from the water last 3 months ago. A case was registered in Juri police station in this incident. After that, Juri Thana police investigated Shahana’s death as murder. At one point on Thursday (February 2) with the help of Juri Thana police information technology, police arrested Shahana’s sister-in-law Wazir Mia and Lalon Pashi on suspicion of involvement in Shahana’s murder. After the arrest, Lalon Pashi Shahana, who was arrested, was drowned in water and gave a statement under section 164 in the court on Friday, February 3.
In this regard, officer-in-charge of Juri police station Mosharraf Hossain said that Shahana Begum (26), daughter of Arman Ali, a resident of Shilua tea plantation in Juri upazila, went missing on October 26 last year. Three days after the disappearance, on October 29, 2022, the police recovered the half-melted body of the missing Shahana Begum in the Talgang river of Juri upazila on the Bangladesh-India border. The police identified the body of the deceased’s father and with his permission, a case of wrongful death was filed at Juri police station. Juri Thana police started investigating Shahana’s death as murder. After 3 months of this incident, the police was able to uncover the main mystery of the case with the help of information technology.

SI Sirajul Islam, the investigating officer of the case, said that the deceased Shahana was married to Md. Siraj Mia of Patrakhola tea garden in Kamalganj upazila of the district 6 years ago. Shahana returned to her father’s house within 3 months of marriage as her husband was mentally unstable. During her stay at her father’s house, Shahana had been having an affair with Lalon Pashi, a Hindu youth from the same garden, for the past two years. At one stage of the relationship they also have physical intercourse several times. The girl’s sister’s husband came to know about their relationship and became angry with them. In the meantime, Shahana’s sister-in-law Wazir Mia tries to force physical intercourse with Shahana. Shahana’s sister-in-law Wazir Mia plans to kill Shahana with the help of Shahana’s lover Lalan after failing to develop a physical relationship with Shahana. Later, according to the murder plan, lover Lalon Pashi and brother-in-law Wazir Mia. On the day of the incident, he called Shahana on his mobile phone and drowned him in water. Accused Lalon Pashi gave a confessional statement under section 164 in the learned court on Friday afternoon, admitting the responsibility of Shahana’s murder.