Farooqi murder suspects in police custody

Two persons arrested in connection with the murder of Islami Front leader Nurul Islam Farooqi have been remanded in police custody for two days.

Mahmuda Khatun and Shariful Islam were produced before Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Wares Kurani on Sunday.

Detective Branch Inspector Julhas Uddin Akhand had sought seven days to question the suspects but the magistrate granted two days.

Nurul Islam Faruki

Farooqi was killed in his own home in East Razabazar by a gang of assailants on Aug 27, while other members of his family were tied up.

He used to be the international affairs secretary of the Sunni organisation, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, and also hosted television shows on Islam.

Police arrested Mahmuda Khatun and Shariful Islam from Muraparha of Narayanganj’s Roopganj on Saturday.

They later arrested one ‘Yusuf’ from Comilla.

According to the victim's family, a woman claiming to be Farooqi’s admirer had come to visit him on Wednesday, hours before his killing.

Police earlier said Mahmuda admitted going to Farooqi's home before the murder.

Farooqi’s family said two youths had come to his house after the woman left, saying they wanted to go on Hajj. About seven more people barged when the door was opened.

Farooqi’s son Foysal Farooqi filed a case accusing seven to eight unidentified killers with She-e-Bangla police the night his father was killed.