RANGPUR, June 7, 2026 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an absconding husband accused in a wife murder case filed at Sadullapur police station in Gaibandha from the Basan police station area of Gazipur on Saturday afternoon. 
 
The arrestee is Md Anarul Islam, 45, of Sadullapur township under Sadullapur police station, said a press release issued by RAB-13's Senior Assistant Director (Media) and Additional Superintendent of Police Biplab Kumar Goswami today. 
 
Citing the statement of the complainant filed by plaintiff Md Nurul Islam, 42, the release said that victim Shimuli Akhter Sheuly, 36, was his younger sister and the second wife of the arrested accused Md Anarul Islam. 

Since their marriage, accused and victim were often involved in altercation on various issues and he had been physically and mentally torturing and threatening her to take life.
 
In continuation of this, the arrested accused and his accomplices strangled the victim to death at home and fled the scene at 3.30 pm on May 22, 2026. 
 
Later, the victim's brother Md Nurul Islam filed a murder case with Sadullapur police station in this incident on May 23, 2026. 
 
On a tip off, a joint team of RAB-13 from Gaibandha Camp and RAB-1 from Uttara Camp in Dhaka in a raid arrested the main accused in the case Md Anarul Islam from the Basan police station area of Gazipur on Saturday afternoon.
 
The arrested accused has been handed over to Sadullapur police station for further legal action.