Mitu Murder: IO talks to parents
Former police superintendent Babul Akhter's father-in-law Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said he wanted to see his daughter Mitu's killers get punished, be it Babul, his father or someone else.
However, his wife Shaheda Mosharraf said she did not believe that her son-in-law could be behind the murder. She claimed her daughter's mobile phone SIM card was still in use.
The two were talking to reporters on the premises of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) headquarters around 4:30pm after meeting with the investigation officer of the Mitu murder case.
The couple talked to Md Kamruzzaman, additional deputy commissioner (north) of the CMP's Detective Branch and also the investigation officer of the case, for over four hours.
Mahmuda Khanam Mitu was hacked and shot dead by unidentified criminals near the port city's GEC intersection on June 5 last year when she was taking her son to a school bus stop.
Shaheda said the IO enquired about Babul and Mitu's family life and their two children.
“My daughter was innocent. I told the official that Babul and Mitu were happily married,” she added.
Mosharraf said the police should investigate whether any extramarital affair was behind the murder. “We want to know the motive for the murder. Why a woman who had no properties was killed?”
Asked whether his son-in-law was cooperating in the investigation, he said the IO should answer the question.
He said they asked Babul about the identities of the killers. “We expected that he would continue with the job and identify the killers.”
About Mitu's mobile phone SIM card, Shaheda said a CNG-run three-wheeler driver from the capital's Moghbazar was using it.
Mosharraf said he called the driver yesterday morning. “He received the call, but I didn't reply.”
According to Shaheda, Babul now lives at Moghbazar with his children and is in regular contact with his in-laws.
IO Kamruzzaman said some IT experts were working for the recovery of the victim's mobile phone SIM card which would take time.
“We are trying to establish the motive for the murder,” he told reporters at his office, adding that law enforcers recently conducted drives in Bandarban to arrest Musa and Kalu, two key suspects in the murder.
Babul had filed the murder case with Panchlaish Police Station, accusing three unnamed people. The case was later transferred to the DB.
Five people have been shown arrested in the case. They are now behind bars. Besides, two suspects in the murder case were killed in two “shootouts” between police and criminals during raids by law enforcers last year.
Police on June 24 last year interrogated Babul in the capital for about 15 hours. The home ministry in September relieved the SP of his job.
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