Boston Man Arrested for Attempting to Hire Killer to Target His Wife and Her Boyfriend

A Boston man has been arrested after he hired a contract killer who was an undercover U.S. agent to assassinate his estranged wife and her boyfriend, CBS News reports.

46-year-old man Mohammed Chowdhury appeared in federal court on Tuesday, Jan. 17 on one count of murder. According to authorities, someone notified law enforcement in November 2022 that Chowdhury was looking to engage in a murder-for-hire plot targeting his estranged wife and her new boyfriend. According to the individual, Chodhury paid someone to conduct the hit, but they took the money and didn’t follow through with what he asked.

The informant then got an undercover agent, who was posing as a contract killer, to get in contact with him. He met with the agent and agreed to pay $4,000 per target, and provided the agent with photographs of both his wife and her boyfriend. He informed the agent where they lived and worked, their schedules, and other details. He was arrested this week after he paid a $500 deposit for the agent to carry out the hit. According to prosecutors, Chowdhury said this wife was stopping him from seeing his children, and personally requested the killings to look like a robbery and beating.

“So how we gonna disappear his, uh, body?” Chowdhury said in a meeting with undercover agents. “No evidence. No evidence. No evidence from like, you know, that, uh, I did something, you know?” If convicted, Chowdhury could face up to ten years behind bars followed by three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.