DHAKA, March 02, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today placed one Md Shahin Alam on 
a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of his roommate Md 
Obaidullah and dismemberment of the body.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain passed the 
order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place 
him on a seven-day remand in the case.

According to the case documents, Shahin had long been angered by immoral 
proposals from the victim. On February 27 last, 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 the 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. 

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.

Police 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.

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.