Six arrested, 'clue' found

Police arrested six people in connection with the murder of a couple at Balapara village in Saidpur upazila early Sunday.

The victims were Nazrul Islam, 65, and his second wife Salma Khatun, 45, of the village.

The arrestees are Aslam Hazi, 65, his sons Labu, 40, and Sajal, 30, domestic help Rahima Khatun, 35, and neighbours Rashidul Islam, 40, and Azizul, 28.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Ashoke Kumar Paul said they have got important information regarding the sensational killing and they will launch drive to arrest main culprits.

Criminals, equipped with sharp weapons, killed the couple in their cattle farm they set up a few years ago after taking lease of two bigahs of land from arrestee Aslam Hazi.

Lone employee of the farm Abdur Razzaque, 28, also came under attack. He was rushed to Saidpur 100-bed Hospital and then shifted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition worsened. 

The deceased hailed from Dinajpur's Parbatipur upazila and Razzaque looked after the farm in their absence. The couple came to visit the farm four days ago and since then they were staying there.

During investigation, police found that after the demise of his first wife long ago, Nazrul married Salma. The couple has two sons. Of them, one lives in Saidpur town and another in Bagherhat.

Nazrul has six sons and daughters from his first wife. They had no connection with their father after his second marriage.

Locals said Nazrul had feud with land owner Aslam Hazi as the latter wanted to cancel the lease agreement  before expiry but Nazrul refused to hand over it.

Nazrul's son Sohel Islam, 28, filed a case, accusing land owner's son Sajal and Razzaque and a few other unknown people.