Overview

• Missing-person report filed July 12 by victim’s brother after neighbours raised concerns over Sabiyal Rehman’s disappearance.
• On July 13, Rahima Khatun surrendered at Jalukbari station and admitted killing her intoxicated husband during a June 26 marital dispute.
• Forensic team and magistrate oversaw exhumation of Rehman’s body from a five-foot pit beneath the couple’s Joymati Nagar home.
• Authorities say one person alone could not have dug the pit and are questioning potential accomplices in the concealment.
• Investigators say this case mirrors a string of recent spousal homicide investigations in India involving elaborate hiding tactics and forensic scrutiny.