The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A young woman was beheaded with sharp weapon at the second floor of an apartment in the city's Segunbagicha area yesterday morning.

Three persons including the mother of the alleged killer were also injured as they tried to resist him.

The victim was identified as Nasrin Aktar Tuli, daughter of Rashid Uddin of village Dakkhin Kotapara under Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria. She passed LLB from the Capital Law College at Mohakhali in the city.

Tuli, an assistant of a senior lawyer, has been staying at the rented apartment of the mother of the alleged killer named Amin as a paying guest.

Officer in-charge of Shahbagh police station Md Rezaul Karim told the New Nation that motive of the brutal murder could not be established immediately.

Killer Amin told the police that he was mentally retarded.

Amin's mother Rokeya Begum told the police that her son returned to the apartment at 8:00 am yesterday after absence of three days and attacked her and his wife. As soon as Tuli came in front of Amin the latter chopped her with a sharp weapon separating her head from the body.

Neighbours said Amin got down from the apartment and came to the street carrying the separated head of the victim. Two persons were also injured when some locals chased him.

Later Amin was handed over to the police after giving a good beating.The police arrested Amin and took him to the Medical College Hospital.

A case was filed with the Shahbagh police station in this connection.

Amin's mother told the New Nation that she sent her son Amin to Saudi Arabia in 2002.He was put behind the bar for four years in Saudi Arabia.After serving prison term, Amin returned home last year and was married with Yasmin. Locals said Amin was involved in a rape case ten years ago. Hospital sources said the body of Tuli was handed over to her relatives after postmortem.

The incident cast a shadow of gloom in the area. Shocked people demanded impartial investigation into the incident.