A murder planned to fund a pleasure trip
The killing of an elderly man in his Chawkbazar flat in Dhaka on November 17 was not a simple case of robbery as law enforcers suspected primarily after seeing the nature of the crime.
Rather, it was a murder planned by two grandchildren of the victim, Mansur Ahmed, 78, according to a top DMP official.
The development came following the arrest of five people, including the two siblings, from different areas yesterday.
They admitted their involvement in the murder, Biplob Bijoy Talukder, joint commissioner (crime) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters today.
Of the arrestees, Anika Tabassum, 23, a private dental college student, and her brother Shahadat Mubin Alvi, 20, are the victim's grandchildren.
The three others are Anika's friend Raju, 23, his younger brother Raihan, 20, and Saeed, 20.
Anika and Alvi had planned a recreational tour with their friends after exams and they needed money for this. They knew that their grandfather had cash but he would not give it to them.
The duo along with Raju planned to inject Mansur with a sedative to take away his money when other family members would be outside, the police official said.
As part of their plan, Anika made a duplicate key to the flat and gave it to Raju, who then involved Raihan and Saeed.
Around 10:00pm on November 17, the three entered the house unlocking the door when other family members had gone to a nearby community centre to attend a relative's wedding.
The trio beat up the old man, tied up his hands and legs and sedated him, the official added.
When the family members returned home around 12:30am, they found Mansur unconscious. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
The family filed a case with Chawkbazar Police Station, stating that unidentified people killed him and took away some cash and valuables worth around Tk 12 lakh.
Primarily police suspected it was an incident of robbery. But the investigation took a turn when they found a syringe at the flat, said the DMP official.
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