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Left: Galib Chowdhury (Houston Police Department). Right: Sadaf Iqbal (GoFundMe).
A former Texas police officer has reached a plea agreement after being charged with shooting his wife in the head. As a result, the ex-cop will spend the next twenty years in prison.
Galib Chowdhury, 33, was taken into custody in June 2023 by the same police department where he had served. After admitting to the shooting, which he claimed was accidental, he was immediately dismissed by the Houston Police Department. The investigation uncovered a troubled relationship between him and his wife, Sadaf Iqbal, 31, including unsettling texts Chowdhury sent to Iqbal shortly before the incident took place.
As reported by KPRC, a local NBC station, Chowdhury called in the shooting shortly after midnight on June 12, 2023. Initially, he stated that he was attempting to shoot an intruder when Iqbal inadvertently got in the way. However, investigators found his story suspicious since he couldn’t describe the alleged suspect nor explain any escape route. There was also an absence of any signs of forced entry or damage to the home that would suggest a break-in occurred.
Iqbal sustained a gunshot wound to the head that she survived. According to a GoFundMe page set up for her medical expenses, she is still recovering from her injuries. When she was taken to the hospital, she reportedly refused to give a statement to police and stated that the shooting was an accident. Investigators reportedly suspected domestic violence and asked to search her cellphone, to which she consented.
In their investigation, KPRC reported, detectives found a number of crude texts sent from Chowdhury to Iqbal in the hours leading up to the shooting, including “Wow, s— wife” and “Pick up, b—-.”
Chowdhury was ultimately charged with aggravated assault on a family member, causing serious bodily injury with a deadly weapon. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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