Father confesses to killing stepson
A man yesterday confessed to a Rajshahi court of killing his seven-year-old stepson at Rajshahi’s Puthia.
Police arrested Mohammad Ali, 35, of Solonga in Sirajganj district from his in-laws’ house at Puthia on Tuesday night, said Shakil Ahmed, OC of Puthia Police Station.
Police produced him before a judicial magistrate’s court in Rajshahi yesterday, as he agreed to record a confessional statement.
Following his statement, police recovered the body of Md Rifat, from a banana plantation at Senbag area of the upazila, and sent it to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Several years ago, Mohammad Ali converted to Islam. He married Buli Khatun six months ago, after she was divorced from Rifat’s father Jahangir. Since their marriage, Ali used to stay at his in-laws’ house.
In recent months, Ali had been misbehaving with the family members over trivial issues, and thought other family members were ignoring him, Buli Khatun told journalists.
“Besides complaints of being ignored by his in-laws, he told us that he wanted to have a child of his own, but his wife was not on board with the decision,” the police officer said quoting Mohammad Ali.
He confessed that he killed the boy, thinking that if the boy was not there anymore, his wife would agree to have another child, the OC said.
Ali abducted Rifat on Tuesday evening after he came out of a local mosque after having iftar and offering prayers. He took him to the banana field and strangled him.
Buli Khatun said Ali looked “abnormal” when returned home without Rifat on Tuesday night.
As Rifat was missing and he could not answer where the boy was, the family informed police, she said.
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