Banani Bintey Bashir Borni of Jhenaidah has said that the reports published in two newspapers recently claiming that she has a relationship with former superintendent of police Babul Akter are 'lies'.
Published : 08 Feb 2017, 02:50 AM
She says the entire issue is a brainchild of her sister-in-law Jannat Ara Rimi.
At a press conference at the Magura Press Club on Tuesday, Borni said Rimi was doing so to keep Borni out from the properties of her deceased husband that include a flat at Dhaka's Moghbazar.
She said her late husband, police sub-inspector Akram Hossain, had bought the flat for their daughter 'Anisha'.
After Akram died in a 'road traffic accident' on Jan 13, 2015, Borni's in-laws said that it was a murder orchestrated by SP Babul, she alleged.
Babul's wife Mahmuda Akter Mitu was murdered on Jun 5 last year.
As the investigation proceeded, Babul quit his job.
Speaking at the press conference, Borni said that there was no truth in the reports about her relationship with Babul.
She denied ever having stayed at Babul's Magura residence.
Borni's mother Shirina Bashir said Borni's in-laws began to harass her in various ways after the death of Akram.
They had earlier said she had an affair with a cousin, Shirina allleged.
Although Borni vehemently maintained that they had no family ties with Babul during the press conference, she conceded to making that claim mistakenly when bdnews24.com countered her with pictures of Babul and her father together at a Magura event.
Meanwhile, Babul's brother advocate Habibur Rahman said that there is no truth in the reports about Borni and Babul's relation.
He said that no such person had ever come to stay in their Magura house.
He also said that legal notices have been served to one of the two newspapers and another notice will be sent to the other newspaper on Wednesday.