Police question 2 'relatives' of Kala Babu over Moghbazar triple murders

Police have detained and questioned two women about the triple murders in Moghbazar.

They say the women are 'aunts' of the prime suspect Kala Babu.

Ramna zone's Deputy Commissioner Iqbal Hossain said the women were detained from a house in Sonalibagh on Friday morning and taken to the Ramna Police Station.

"We're interrogating them to see what they know," he said.

When asked for their identities, Ramna station's Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman said, "They will be released if there are no problems."

He said no cases had been filed after the murders until the afternoon.

On Thursday night, a group of unknown assailants entered a house in Sonalibagh and shot dead three people, owner ‘Brishty’ alias ‘Ranu’, 30, tenants ‘Munna’, 22, and ‘Belal’, 20.

Ranu’s 18-year old brother ‘Hridoy’ was left wounded.

The family is blaming local "crime boss" Kala Babu, saying he had been demanding extortion for some time.

Police, however, believe the murders were results of a dispute over possession of a land misappropriated from Bangladesh Railway.

Brishty was the sister of Awami League's Maghbazar Railway unit General Secretary Kala Chan.

Locals say Kala Chan was in control of the railway land and Brishty had built tin-shed rooms there and rent them out.

Kala Babu was a contender for the possession of the land, they said.