Domestic help Majnu Miah,18, was caught by the locals when he tried to dump the body at Dhaka Udyan Housing in Mohammapur, police said.

The slaughtered housewife was identified as Farjana Jahan Shashi, 21, wife of engineer Hasnat Reza of East Kazipara in Kafrul and student of first year honours student of Home Economics College.

Majnu said the incident occurred at around 10:00am when Shashi's friend Shajib entered the flat.

At that time, only Majnu and Shashi were present in the flat

and her husband was in the office.

Majnu said Shashi went to bathroom after talking briefly to Shajib at their drawing room.

While Shashi was in the bathroom, Shajib proposed to Majnu for raping Shashi. Majnu readily agreed to the proposal.

When Shashi came out of the bathroom, both Shajib and Majnu raped her forcibly.

After raping, Shajib brought a knife and a boti (curbed knife) and started cutting Shashi's throat and legs.

Majnu said Shashi died immediately on the spot and her mutilated body was kept inside a sack and a polyethylene bag.

Then they decided to dispose of the body at Dhaka Udyan Housing area and hired two rickshaws.

When Majnu was dumping the body at Dhaka Uddan, locals saw the body and caught him and handed him over to Kafrul Police Station.

Shajib, who was sitting in another rickshaw, fled the scene when locals caught Majnu.

Police visited the place of the crime with Majnu and found bloodstains on the floor.

Police could not catch Shajib as of filing this report.

Majnu is going through further interrogation at the police station.

The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy.

Meanwhile, Kafrul police picked up Shashi's husband Hasnat Reza from the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue in the evening for interrogation when he went there to see the body of his wife.