Man tried to hire hit man to kill his wife, her boyfriend because she wouldn’t let him see his kids

BOSTON (TCD) -- A 47-year-old man recently pleaded guilty in a murder-for-hire case targeting his wife and her new boyfriend.

According to a Jan. 25 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Mohammed Chowdhury pleaded guilty to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. He was previously arrested in January 2023, and a federal jury indicted him in February 2023.

Chowdhury reportedly contacted an individual and asked to have his wife killed, saying he "needed the murder done as soon as possible." He reportedly told the hit man he "would get the money to do so, even robbing a store if necessary to obtain the funds."

Prosecutors said Chowdhury allegedly paid to have the slaying carried out, but the individual took the money and didn’t go through with it.

The individual reported the incident to law enforcement in November 2022 and gave them Chowdhury’s contact information, according to the attorney’s office.

Law enforcement used undercover agents to communicate with Chowdhury. In December 2022 and January 2023, Chowdhury met with the undercover agent posing as a hit man and their associates multiple times, and he contracted the agents to kill his wife and her new boyfriend.

According to the attorney’s office, "Chowdhury explained that his wife wouldn’t let him see his children," and he "wanted the undercover agents to rob and beat his wife and her boyfriend so that he would not be a suspect."

Chowdhury reportedly asked, "So how we gonna disappear his, uh, body?" He allegedly stated, "No evidence. No evidence. No evidence from like, you know, that, uh, I did something, you know?"

Chowdhury gave the undercover agents photographs of his wife and her new boyfriend, and he told them where they lived and worked, and provided them with their schedules, the attorney’s office said. Chowdhury offered to pay $4,000 for each killing with a deposit of $500.

On Jan. 17, 2023, when Chowdhury met with the undercover agents to pay them the deposit, officials took him into federal custody.

Chowdhury faces up to 10 years in prison with three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.

Previously, in October 2019, the attorney’s office said Chowdhury was charged with violating an abuse prevention order against his wife, and he pleaded to sufficient facts and received a continuance without a finding.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua Levy said, "Mr. Chowdhury’s callousness and disregard for human life is shocking. Not only did he ignore the restraining order filed against him by his wife, he sought to have her and her boyfriend killed."

MORE:

• Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Murder-For-Hire Targeting His Wife and Her Boyfriend - U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts 
• Boston Man Indicted for Commissioning Murder-for-Hire Targeting His Wife and Her Boyfriend, 2/10/2023 - U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts