DHAKA, March 01, 2026 (BSS) - Police have arrested a man in connection with the recovery of a dismembered body from different parts of the capital.

The arrestee, Md Shahin Alam, 21, works at Hirajheel Hotel in the city's Motijheel area and used to live in a shared flat with the victim, Md Obaidullah, 30.

"We recovered a severed leg from in front of Ananda Community Centre in the Naya Paltan area around 2:00am on Saturday. Two hands were later found in front of the National Stadium in Gulistan. Another leg was recovered from the Kamalapur Railway Station area around 2:00pm the same day," Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)'s Motijheel Division Harun-or-Rashid said at a press briefing held at the DMP Media Centre this afternoon.

Police, through biometric assessment, identified the body as that of Md Obaidullah, 30, a marketing officer at Gonoshasthya Homeo, a homeopathy clinic in Purana Paltan.

Analyzing CCTV footage and using information technology, police identified the suspect's location. Md Shahin Alam was arrested on February 28 from his workplace.

According to police, a machete used in the killing, the victim's mobile phone and the bicycle used to transport the body were recovered from a rented flat on Kabi Jasimuddin Road following the accused's confessional statement. Based on his information, police also recovered the severed head from a landfill in Matuail and a portion of the torso from beneath the Salehpur Bridge in Aminbazar.

"Shahin had long been angered by what he described as immoral proposals from the victim. On February 27, while returning home from work, Shahin received a call from Obaidullah asking him to bring cigarettes. Later, he was again asked to bring bread and kebabs. Shahin became irritated as he was repeatedly asked to go downstairs from their sixth-floor residence after iftar during Ramadan. At night, an argument broke out between the two as Obaidullah was speaking loudly on the phone while Shahin was trying to sleep. Enraged, Shahin brought a machete from the kitchen and attacked Obaidullah, killing him on the spot," DC Harun-or-Rashid said.

Police officials said that after ensuring the death, Shahin dismembered the body and disposed of the parts at different locations across the capital in an attempt to evade arrest.