2021-10-25
Police arrested Lalbabu Safi, a 35 years old resident of Sabaila Municipality-3, on the charge of murdering his 30-year-old wife Ajmeri Khatun. The family of the deceased accused Safi on the charge of killing their daughter by strangling her neck after getting drunk on the night of October 25.
Safi and Kahtun had a love marriage 13 years back. Mohammad Alam, father of the deceased mentioned that, Safi together with his sister Nurajaha Khatun and brother Manju Safi used to torture Khatun mentally for not giving birth to a son and dowry related issues. The mother of the deceased blamed police for not investigating the issue seriously despite them filing the case. However, the DSP of Area Police Office, Rajesh Sigdel said that they have arrested Safi and are searching for other accused.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Murder/attempted Murder |
Weapons | None |
Primary Cause | Domestic violence |
Secondary Cause | Related to disputes over dowry |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 3 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Family/relative |
Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Family/relative |
Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
Total Killed | 1 |
Female Killed | 1 |
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