Woman’s decapitated body recovered from Savar: Husband remanded for 3-days

A court today (13 November) placed Noyon Mia (40), husband of deceased Shantana Begum, on three-days remand after he was produced before it over a murder case filed on Monday. 

Noyon Mia and Shantana Begum (37) had tied the knot six months ago. 

Shantana's decapitated and dismembered body was recovered Monday (11 November) from a nursery in Savar's Birulia area creating a social media storm. 

The body was first discovered by an employee of the nursery at 3pm. 

Abdul Khalek Ghazi, the owner of the nursery, said the employee found the body while he was watering the plants. 

Locals were then informed and police soon reached the spot.

"The body was covered with some grass and straw. Later, the police came and recovered the rest of the body parts from a plastic bag some distance away," Gazi said.

When the head was recovered, locals recognised the woman as Shantana. 

The police then went to her rented home, where they found Noyon (40) fast asleep.

At first, Noyon claimed the victim was not his wife. He, later, said it was her, adding that she had been missing for the past two days. 

Police then detained him on suspicion.

Police had sought a 7-day remand.

Speaking to The Business Standard, in-charge of Savar Model Police Station Birulia Wazed Ali said, "After receiving information from the locals, we recovered the body of the deceased and sent it to the hospital for post-mortem. Her husband was arrested as a suspect. In this incident, the victim's mother Rajbhanu filed a murder case at Savar Model Police Station as the plaintiff."

He also said the reason for the murder would be known after investigation.

The victim's mother Rajbhanu told TBS that Noyon was a mason. Shantana had married him after leaving her first husband. 

She also said this was Noyon's second marriage. He has two daughters and a son in his first marriage.

The discovery of Shantana's decapitated body spread chills down social media.