Police discover woman dead in Jamalpur flat as two children found locked in adjacent room

JAMALPUR — Police recovered the body of a 32-year-old woman from a rented apartment in the Shekher Vita area of Jamalpur city on Sunday, while her two young children were found locked in an adjacent room.

The victim was identified as Israt Jahan, daughter of Mohammad Ibrahim from Sarkardi village in the Sribordi Upazila of Sherpur. Jahan, a widow whose husband died one year ago, had been living in the fifth-floor apartment of the six-story building for the past month.

Authorities discovered the body around 12:00 p.m. following reports from local residents. Neighbors became suspicious after hearing the victim’s seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son crying for water through a window. Upon finding the apartment locked from the outside, locals contacted the national emergency service, 999. Police and fire service personnel subsequently forced their way into the unit, where they discovered Jahan’s body on a bed.

Preliminary investigations suggest that Jahan was strangled to death. Her two children were rescued unharmed from the locked room.

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According to police and local sources, a man identified as Mohammad Kawsar Ahmed had been living with Jahan. The building owner stated that Kawsar had rented the apartment by claiming to be the victim’s husband and identifying himself as a businessman. Kawsar’s whereabouts remain unknown, and he is considered a primary suspect in the investigation.

Nazmus Sakib, officer-in-charge of Jamalpur Sadar Police Station, confirmed that the body has been sent to the Jamalpur General Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Investigators are currently working to determine the motive behind the killing and to locate the suspect. Legal proceedings in the case are underway.