Cops yet to find who dumped Samiul's body
Investigators are yet to find out the people who dumped the body of six-year-old Samiul.
To find the answers, Adabar police yesterday sought fresh remand for Samiul's mother Ayesha Humayra and her extramarital paramour Shamsuzzaman Arif.
Investigation Officer (IO) Sub-inspector Kazi Shahan of Adabar Police Station said they sought fresh seven-day remand for each of the two and the court placed Humayra on a five-day fresh remand.
He said, "Our investigation revealed names of some people, who might be involved in the killing or dumping of the body."
"We found the name of Arif's cousin Babu, another boyfriend of Humayra, and investigating his role in the incident," he said.
The IO still believes that the killing might have taken place in the house and said that the body of Samiul wearing shoes, trousers and shirt was dumped to mislead the investigation and confuse the investigators.
Officer-in-charge of the police station Zakir Hossain Mollah told The Daily Star that Samiul's mother has so far named Arif as the culprit and said that he knows everything.
Earlier in a confessional statement before the court, Arif said he aided by Humayra strangled sleeping Samiul at home as the boy became a threat for their illicit affair.
Talking to The Daily Star on Tuesday, Samiul's father KR Azam rejected Arif's confession and expressed his suspicion that other people are involved in the killing.
He said when he was looking for his son on June 22 night, three unknown people came to his wife around 8:30pm and Arif's second wife Shathi was seen in the neighbourhood.
Azam believes that Arif produced false statement before the court to mislead the investigation, hide the truth behind the killing and save his accomplices.
The body of Samiul was found in a sack in the morning of June 24. That night KR Azam filed a murder case with Adabar Police Station accusing his wife Humayra, Arif and some unknown people.
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