Two accused confess

Two more accused confessed to a magistrate yesterday that they were directly involved in the killing of trader Shahinuddin in the city's Pallabi area on May 16.

The accused are Mohammad Sharif and Iqbal Noor. Earlier, four accused including Sumon Bepari gave their confessional statements.

Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khair Jesi recorded the statements of Sharif and Noor. The magistrate later sent them to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

They told the magistrate that they took part in the killing under the leadership of Bepari as per direction of former lawmaker from Laxmipur MA Awal. On May 16, miscreants stabbed Shahinuddin to death at Mirpur-12 over a land dispute with former lawmaker Awal. Police so far arrested 11 people including Awal in connection with the murder.