Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB) tossed in the calabooseBook 'im, Mahmoud!
them from Nalitabari area of Sherpur district on Wednesday.
RAB sources said detainee Shanjib Chiran was the criminal mastermind of the murder.
RAB Media Wing Deputy Director Major Abdullah Al Mehedi confirmed the detention on Thursday.
Later, in a press briefing, RAB said the alleged killers went to the residence with the intention of stealing money for celebrating their religious festival "Star Sunday."
| Apparently Star Sunday is a Christian public holiday in Bangladesh, but I was unable to discover what we might call it. |
According to the confession by the detainees, they murdered the victims when they thought the two would come in their way. After the murders, they searched the entire house for money. When they could not find any money, the four later left the house ‐ locking the main entrance.
Police recovered the dead bodies of Besat Moni Chiran, 65, and her daughter Sujata Chiran, 40, from their residence in Gulshan Tuesday evening.
In the first information report (FIR), Sujata’s husband Ashish Mankhin said: "Sanjib Chiran [Sujata’s nephew] killed my wife with a knife, and strangled my mother-in-law with the help of three associates.
Abu Bakkar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Gulshan cop shoppe, said they might have been murdered over a family feud, property issues, or sexual relations.