Domestic help killed: Housewife arrested

Police found the body of Swapna Akhter, 16, in a car at an Uttara road at around 12:45am yesterday when a family member in the house where she worked was taking the body to an unknown place in a bid to conceal it.

Police also arrested Anju-manara Khan Koli, employer of Swapna, from her house and her brother-in-law Zahirul Haq who was taking the body in the hired car.

Swapna had been working at the residence of Koli at House # 7, Road # 20, Uttara for the last four years.

Police said they stopped the car near the house on suspicion.

During the interrogation, Koli told police that Swapna banged her head against the wall while she (Koli) was beating her as she did not add enough sugar to her tea and did not do household chores properly.

As Swapna died on the spot following the incident, the arrestees planned to conceal the body by dumping it in a faraway place, police said quoting the arrestees.

According to morgue sources, Swapna died from a brain hemorrhage. The autopsy was performed at Dhaka Medical college morgue.

A murder case was filed with Uttara Police Station.