Oishee Rahman had alone murdered her parents — Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Begum — the police’s Detective Branch has claimed.
Published : 24 Aug 2013, 06:46 PM
Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam claimed this at a press briefing at the DB headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday after interrogating her for the last five days.
Police recovered the bodies of Inspector Mahfuzur and his wife from their Chamelibagh residence on Aug 16. Their bodies bore multiple stab wounds, which forensic experts believed, were the work of amateurs.
Detectives had previously made the same allegation against Oishee after she had surrendered before a police station in the capital on Aug 17. Mahfuz's brother Moshiur Rahman Rubel, however, had contested police’s claim.
Rubel, also plaintiff of the murder case, suspects ‘any other mystery’ behind the killing of his brother and sister-in-law.
The Joint Commissioner said Oishee had sedated her parents on the night of Aug 14 and knifed them to death.
“She had locked up her younger brother in the bathroom as he saw her murdering them,” Islam added.
The police official alleged she also had threatened and compelled Khadiza Khatun Sumi, her housemaid, to assist her in the murders.
He said police were yet to ascertain anyone else’s involvement in the gruesome killings.
Earlier in the day, Oishee had given a confessional statement before a Dhaka court at the end of her five-day remand. The court sent her and the domestic help Sumi to jail. They have been sent to Gazipur Kishori Unnayan Kendra, a juvenile correction home.
The court again sent Oishee’s friend Mijanur Rahman Roni on a five-day
remand as he is yet to give his confessional statement.
Speaking at the press conference, Islam said the Oxford International School student had left the house on Aug 15 with her brother and Sumi after the twin murder.
Oihee Rahman, the brother, was sent to their neighbour’s house the next day but she surrendered before Paltan Police Station on Aug 17.
Sumi and one of her friends were arrested later.
Islam had earlier mentioned about recovering some of the ornaments from Oishee which went missing after the murders.
Police claim Oishee was “nurturing hatred” for her parents as they barred her from leading a life full of indiscipline.
The autopsy reports show her father’s body bore two stabs wounds while her mother’s had a total of 11 wounds.
Meanwhile, Rights bodies had flayed the detention and remanding of Oishee and Sumi saying it violated the Children Act.
Police have already conducted a medical test to confirm her age following a court order. But the reports are yet to come.
Oishee’s school records show she is a minor. National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman has said her arrest and remand are a complete violation of the Children Act.
Sumi is shown as a 15-year-old in the case. Sending her into police custody also raised questions.