He killed four over Tk 200 loan

Rickshaw puller Sagar Ali, 27, had asked Osman Gani for Tk 200 as loan, but Gani did not give him the money and rebuked him for not repaying the previous one.

Insulted, Sagar planned to kill Gani, 52, who used to give people loans and take interest on them.

On Wednesday night, he, along with an accomplice, went to Gani's Masterpara house in Madhupur municipality. They made Gani, his wife, and two children unconscious, putting a chloroform-soaked handkerchief to their noses and killed them one after another.

Police recovered the slit-throat bodies of Gani, his wife, and two children from the house on Friday morning.

Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday afternoon arrested Sagar in connection with the killings and informed journalists of the matter at night.

Lt Col Khairul Islam, commander of Rab-12, told The Daily Star that Rab members arrested Sagar from his Brahmanbari house.

As per his statement, Rab members later recovered the knife, used in the killings, and valuables, including cash and gold ornaments, looted from Gani's house, from his possession.

Sagar confessed to the law enforcers that he had planned the killings with his associate and bought the chloroform from a local market for it.

As per the plan, they went to Gani's house around 10:00pm. At that time, Gani did not go to bed, but his wife and two children were seeping. They first made Gani unconscious and killed him, said the Rab official, quoting Sagar as saying.

They then made unconscious and murdered his wife Tajiron, 38, son Tajel, 18, and daughter Sadia, 9. They used a knife and an axe, which was at Gani's house, to kill them.

Locking the gate from outside, they left the house with the looted valuables. 

The Rab commander added that as per Sagar's statement, an accomplice helped him commit the crime.

But investigators after probe could say whether one or more was with Sagar. 

Sagar was handed over to Madhupur police yesterday morning.

Police arrested his accomplice Joad Ali, 30, on Sunday before Sagar was held, Tarik Kamal, officer-in-charge of Madhupur Police Station, told The Daily Star.

Joad was produced before a Tangail court yesterday, seeking a 10-day remand for him. But the court placed him on a three-day remand, said the OC.

Sagar was being interrogated at the station for verifying the information he gave and he will be produced before the court today, he added.

A murder case was filed with the station against unidentified criminals on Friday night.