Culprit still at large
Police are yet to arrest Devashish Saha Rony, who killed a mother by running his motorbike over her on Tuesday in Faridpur for protesting the harassment of her two daughters.
Madhukhali Police Station Officer-in-charge Syed Mohsinul Haque said they have information that Rony is hiding in the capital.
Md Giasuddin, sub-inspector of the police station, also the investigation officer of the case, is now in Dhaka to capture him, the OC added.
Police obtained the information about Rony's whereabouts from his stepmother Pramita Rani Saha and Rizia Begum, the mother of one of Rony's friends.
Law enforcers picked up Pramita and Rizia early yesterday from their Madhukhali residences and later released them after interrogation.
Rony drove his bike over Chanpa Rani Bhowmik, 45, an employee of Faridpur Sugar Mill and wife of Swapan Biswas near her Madhukhali house around 4:45pm Tuesday when she was standing beside the road to see off some visitors.
She succumbed to her injuries at Faridpur Medical College Hospital within an hour.
The statement of the case filed by Chanpa's brother Arun Kumar Bhowmik said Rony had been stalking and harassing his twin nieces -- Hira and Mukta -- for the last one year.
Shahid Hasan Md Atikul Haque, headmaster of Faridpur Sugar Mill High School, where Hira and Mukta go, said he also knew about Rony's stalking the sisters and waylaying them on his bike.
Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended on Garakhola village in Madhukhali and people visiting Chanpa's house could say little to console the family members.
Local lawmaker Abdur Rahman, district administration officials including the deputy commissioner, leaders of different political parties and workers of different organisations are among those who visited the house yesterday.
The deputy commissioner handed over Tk 10,000 to the victim's husband. He also directed deployment of a police team for security of the family members round the clock.
Members of Faridpur Sugar Mill Workers' Union held a human chain, wore black badges and hoisted black flag protesting the killing and demanding immediate arrest of the “killer”.
Stalking of women has taken a turn for the worse with a growing number of people being killed for trying to resist the menace.
In last nine months, at least 25 women killed themselves to escape the horror of abuse, while nine males lost their lives for standing up against stalkers, says a report of rights group Ain O Salish Kendra.
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