Love behind Mirpur murders!

Love is said to be behind early Monday’s double murder in Dhaka's Mirpur.

A young man had run away with a teenage girl that led to a clash and the murders.

Bodies of two young men with multiple stab wounds were found around 1:30am in South Pirerbag on a lane called Bottolar Goli.

Relatives identified the bodies around midday.

One of the victims was identified as Jahangir, a resident of Sheoraparha. He owned an electronics shop in Mirpur-1.

The other was Qaiyum, a resident of Moddho Pirerbagh. He returned home from Malaysia two years ago.

Quoting locals, Mirpur Police Station Officer-in Charge (OC) Md Salauddin told bdnews24.com a man named ‘Belal’ had run away with a teenage girl that led to a clash between two groups.

Jahangir and Qiayum died in the clash.

The girl’s relatives went to the young man’s sister Parvin’s place in Pirerbagh around 10pm on Sunday to enquire about her but were chased away.

Later four people including Jahangir and Qaiyum again went to Parvin’s place on two motorcycles.

They were killed when the two groups were involved in a clash.

The two others who went with them were safe, the OC said.

Parvin and her family members were absconding since the incident.

Qaiyum’s elder brother Md Farhad Hossain expressed ignorance about the murder of his brother. “I did not know that he was killed for trying to negotiate.”

Jahangir’s pregnant wife Putul did not know that her husband was no more.

Putul, who was now in Barisal, requested relatives in Dhaka to ensure proper treatment for Jahangir.

“Please make arrangement of proper treatment for Jahangir. I will pay you back all the medical expenses after coming back to Dhaka,” she said.

“We did not inform Putul of the news fearing that she might not be able to take the pressure,” said Jahangir’s relative Shahidul Islam.

Jahangir and Putul married two years ago. He was the youngest of four siblings.

Qaiyum’s elder brother Hossain said he had stayed for 14 years in Malaysia and returned home two years ago. Qaiyum was the sixth among seven siblings.