Physically challenged man 'killed' by family

A physically challenged man was allegedly killed by his family members in Chittagong city's Sadarghat area over a family dispute on Friday midnight.

The incident came to light when locals caught the victim's son dumping the body into a roadside drain in Rashid Building area on Saturday night, said police.

The victim is Tayeb Ali, 52, of Shilaigora under Anwara upazila. Tayeb, despite having one hand, used to work part-time at a store.

Police arrested Tayeb's wife Kohinur, 40, sister-in-law Jahanara, 42, his son Mohammad Sohel, 20, daughter Brishty Akhter, and a rickshaw-puller on Saturday.

According to family members, Tayeb used to torture his wife. It might have triggered the murder, said Assistant Commissioner (Kotwali Circle) Jahangir Alam of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.

“On Friday, an altercation broke out between Tayeb and Kohinur over money. At one point, his sister-in-law Jahanara, present at the scene, hit him with a cricket bat. The other family members then strangled him to death,” said AC Jahangir, quoting the family members.

“On Saturday around 9:30pm, his son Sohel and a friend hired a rickshaw and went to the Rashid Building area to dump the body, kept in a sack.”

“A guard in the area became suspicious and questioned  them. When they tried to flee, locals caught Sohel and the rickshaw-puller. Sohel's friend managed to flee.”

Based on Sohel's confession, police  later arrested Kohinur, Jahanara and Brishty. “We are interrogating the rickshaw-puller to find out whether he was involved or not. Police are looking for Sohel's friend.”Morzina Akhtar, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat Police Station, said “The family members confessed to the killing.” Victim's elder brother filed a murder case yesterday, she said.