For Tk 30 lakh, he helped criminals kill his child: CID

Five years after the murder of a child in Narsingdi, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday disclosed that the father had assisted the criminals to kill his daughter in exchange for money.

Elma Begum, a second-grader, was found dead on a paddy field at Baherchar in Narsingdi on March 28, 2015.

During investigation, a CID team recently arrested five persons and found that Elma's father Abdul Motaleb himself was involved in the murder.

The arrestees are Abdul Motaleb, victim's father; Mongoli Begum, her mother; Masum Mia, her cousin; and Baten and Shahjahan Bhuiyan. All are from Baherchar village.

While briefing reporters at CID headquarters in Dhaka, CID Deputy Inspector General Imtiaz Ahmed said there has been a longstanding feud over establishing supremacy between two groups, led by Shahjahan Bhuiyan and one Bachchu, a former union member.

Motaleb was a member of the group led by Shahjahan.

On March 1, 2015, Motaleb and other members of Shahjahan group held a meeting and took a decision that they would kill someone and file a murder case against their rival group members. During that meeting, Motaleb made a deal of killing his daughter Elma for Tk 30 lakh.

A few days later on March 28, 2015, some people beat Elma to death in a paddy field. Motaleb filed a murder case against some persons, without naming the real culprits.