Atiur Rahman Laskar has been identified as the construction worker in Kolkata who murdered his own sister-in-law
Know the identity of the criminal who murdered his sister-in-law, Khadeja Bibi and buried her body in Kolkata’s Tollygunge. Khadeja who worked as a domestic help in the Tollygunge area of South Kolkataused to commute to work daily with her brother-in-law, who also worked in Tollygunge.
Who is Atiur Rahman Laskar who beheaded and murdered his sister-in-law in Kolkata, biography age and religion
Recently, a gruesome case has emerged from Kolkata’s Tollygunge area, where the severed head of a woman was discovered in a garbage dump. Police investigations revealed that the victim was allegedly murdered by her brother-in-law, Atiur Rahman Laskar of Diamond Harbour, after she rejected his advances. Within 24 hours of the gruesome discovery, the Kolkata Police apprehended Laskar, from his native village in Basuldanga, Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas district after going through CCTV footage and using sniffer dogs to track him down.
Atiur Rahman Laskar beheaded a woman who worked as a house help in #Kolkata. Not only did he kill her, but he also severed her body into three pieces.
The 35-year-old Rahman was the brother-in-law of the victim. He killed her because she refused to entertain his romantic… pic.twitter.com/8TYE0JdfYk
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The chilling discovery of a severed head in a garbage dump near Graham Road on Friday sent shockwaves through the community, triggering widespread panic. The horror deepened a day later when the torso and lower portion of the woman’s body were found near a pond in the Regent Park area, leaving residents of the middle-class neighborhood reeling with fear and disbelief.
Why Laskar murdered his sister-in-law?
During interrogation, age 35 Laskar who is a Muslim by religion reportedly confessed to the heinous crime, admitting that he killed the woman, who had been estranged from her husband for two years. The victim, a domestic worker in the Regent Park area, used to travel to work daily with Laskar, who also worked in Tollygunge. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Bidisha Kalita, Laskar harbored romantic feelings for the woman, and her rejection, coupled with her decision to avoid him and block his phone number, enraged him further.
On Thursday evening, after her workday ended, Laskar allegedly coerced the victim into accompanying him to an under-construction building, where he strangled her, beheaded her, and dismembered her body into three parts. The severed head was discovered near Graham Road on Friday, while the torso and lower body were recovered the next day from a pond in Regent Park.
In a gruesome incident in Kolkata, a woman in her 30s was murdered and dismembered by her brother-in-law, Atiur Rahman Laskar, after she rejected his romantic advances. The horrifying crime occurred in Tollygunge, where the woman, a domestic helper, lived and worked.
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The murder of the victim, believed to be around 35–40 years old, has left the neighborhood in southern Kolkata in shock and disbelief. Authorities are investigating whether others were involved in the crime. Initially, police speculated that the victim might have been in a relationship with the accused and that complications from their association could have led to the murder. The brutal nature of the crime has shaken the middle-class community and sparked widespread outrage.