Retired teacher beaten to death with hammer in capital

❐ Staff Reporter

A retired teacher named Firoza Khanam Josna (68) was brutally murdered in Pallavi, Dhaka.

Police recovered his bloody body from the scene. A blood-stained hammer was recovered next to the body.

The body was recovered on Friday morning and sent to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.

According to police sources, Firoza Khanam lived alone on the second floor of a six-story building at house number 29, road number 8, D block of Pallabi police station. She got married at a young age, but it did not last. Since then, she lived alone and had no contact with her family. She used to teach students as a living.

He lived in one of the three-room flats. A tenant named Raju Munshi lived in the next room with his wife and children. Another room was kept vacant as a ‘to-let’ for rent.

According to locals, Firoza would leave home every morning to teach students and usually return home around 10 pm. On Thursday too, she left in the morning and returned home at night.

Abdul Mannan, the security guard at the house, said he became suspicious when Firoza did not come out of the house until 10:30 am on Friday. Later, he went to the second floor and found the door open and informed a local man, Mohiuddin. They went inside and found Firoza lying in a bloody state and informed the police.

Upon receiving the information, the police first went to the scene. Later, the Crime Scene Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police arrived and collected evidence. The body was recovered in the afternoon and sent for autopsy.

Mostaq Sarkar, Deputy Commissioner of Mirpur Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said a hammer and a veil were recovered from the scene. It is initially believed that she was killed by hitting her head with a hammer.