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Two arrested over alleged rape and murder of woman in Mongla

Published : Wednesday, 14 October, 2026 at 4:33 PM

Staff Correspondent

Police have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in Mongla. The arrestees, Ikramul Sheikh, 40, and Mir Ali, 48, were sent to jail through the Bagerhat court on Wednesday afternoon.

Assistant Superintendent of Police of Mongla Circle Md Refatul Islam disclosed the information at a press conference at Mongla Police Station on Wednesday.

According to police, Ikramul and Mir Ali took the woman from an area near the Mongla ferry terminal to Katakhali village in Banisanta Union of Dacope upazila in Khulna on August 14.

Police alleged that the two men raped the woman at Ikramul's house when no other family members were present. The woman was allegedly murdered the following morning following an argument over a trivial matter.

Six days later, on August 20, naval police recovered the woman's body from the Kajibacha River in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna.

Mongla police launched an investigation using clues from the jewellery, clothing and mobile phone recovered with the body. Police said intelligence efforts subsequently helped them solve the case.

Nearly two months after the incident, Mongla police arrested Ikramul in Dacope, Khulna, and Mir Ali in Mongla on Tuesday afternoon. Police claimed that the two men confessed during interrogation to the murder and the rape preceding it.

Ikramul Sheikh is the son of the late Nurul Sheikh of Laudob area in Dacope upazila. Mir Ali, a tenant in the Charabari area of Mongla, is the son of the late Mozaffar Howlader of Delutia village in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi.

Mongla Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Atiqur Rahman, OC (Investigation) Manik Chandra Gain and Sub-Inspector Md Hanif were present at the press conference.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Refatul Islam said Mongla police were working professionally and diligently to prevent crime.

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