Father-in-law ‘has Qatar expat killed’

Police arrested a man on charges of killing his son-in-law with hired assassins in a bid to obtain Tk 1 crore from his bank accounts.

Dilip Gazi, 45, who worked in Qatar for years, was drugged before he was asphyxiated to death at his home in Lalua area of Kalapara, Patuakhali, on Wednesday night, said Moinul Hasan, superintendent of police in the district.

Police also arrested his father-in-law Anwar Hossain of Mashuakhali village in Kalapara, and the hired assassin Nizam, 45, of Barguna's Amtali, and his accomplice Amjad, 55, of Barguna town after solving the murder mystery in just a couple of days even though the case did not accuse any specific person, he said.

Dilip was a union parishad member of Lalua before he went to Qatar years ago. He came back home during the pandemic, the officer told reporters at his office.

He inherited considerable lands from his father and also bought some more lands with his father-in-law. The newly bought property was registered to himself and his father-in-law, he added.

When these lands were acquired by the Payra port authorities, his father-in-law Anwar received the money given in compensation and deposited Tk 1 crore to Dilip's account, the SP said.

The nominee for that account is Dilip's eldest daughter, who is 20.

Anwar got his son-in-law killed in the hope of getting hold of the money by taking care of his daughter and three grandchildren, he added.

He hired Nizam and Amjad for Tk 2 lakh to kill Dilip. During the last Eid-ul-Azha, Anwar brought his daughter and three grandchildren to his house and they have not been allowed to go to Dilip's house since then, the SP said.

On Wednesday, Nizam and Amjad, who were on good terms with Dilip, went to his house with a bottle of soft-drink mixed with sedatives. They made Dilip drink it and he fell asleep after a while. The duo then covered his face with a piece of cloth and choked him to death and fled the scene, he said.

Police later recovered the body from the empty house. Dilip's wife Habiba Begum filed a case with Kalapara Police Station accusing unknown persons on Thursday.

Police first arrested Amjad on Saturday and later arrested Nizam and Anwar according to his confession.

Anwar was arrested in Kalatala area of ​​Patuakhali town around 3:30am yesterday.