Husband confesses to killing actress Shimu: Police

Actress Raima Islam Shimu’s husband Khandakar Shakhawat Alim Nobel confessed to murder her, police said on Tuesday.

Shakhawat killed the actress and took help of his friend Farhad to hide the body.

Superintendent of Dhaka police Md Maruf Hossain Sarder at a briefing on Tuesday made the disclosure.

The body of the 35-year-old actress was found in a sack near a bridge in the district's Keraniganj upazila on Monday, a day after she went missing.

Ramzanul Haque, the officer in charge (investigation) of Keraniganj model police station, said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Nobel and his accomplice from Dhaka.

The two were later handed them over to the police, he added.

Earlier in the day, Abu Salam Mia, the officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said local people spotted the body near Alipur Bridge in the Kadamtoli area of the upazila around 10:00am on Monday and informed cops.

"The body bore several injury marks. We suspect that she was killed by criminals on Sunday and her body was later dumped in the area," the officer said.

The body was sent to Mitford Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Fatema, the younger sister of the actress, said, "Shimu left her residence around 9:00am on Sunday and had been missing since. We lodged a missing person's complaint on Sunday night."

Shimu worked with many renowned film directors after making her debut in 1998.