His mother Aklima Begum alleged that police negligence was the reason for her son s death.
Speaking to The Daily Star yesterday, she said, Police officials take financial benefits from such attackers and that is why my son had to die. The police did not take any step to ensure his safety even after he filed a GD. There were four to five policemen near the spot [where he died], but they took no action to save him.
She said that had police provided some security, her grandson would not have had to be an orphan at the moment.
However, Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station, told The Daily Star yesterday that Shahinuddin filed two separate GDs for security but he did not come to the police station when he was asked to provide details.
Rab arrested a former lawmaker in connection with stabbing a trader to death in front of his son in Dhaka's Pallabi area on Sunday. MA Awal, a former lawmaker from Lakshmipur-1 constituency, was arrested from Bhairab area in Kishoreganj early today. He allegedly planned the killing of Shahin Uddin (40) of Mirpur-12 and is the prime accused in the case filed following the
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Police detained Faruk following the murder.
Victim s sister Ruma Akter said Faruk returned from Japan a couple of years ago and since then was not doing anything in the country. This frustrated Kanak, mother of two, leading to altercations with him at times.
Following one such altercation, Faruk stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife, leaving her critically injured.
Kanak, also a former BCL leader, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead around 5:30am, she said.
The OC of Pallabi Police Station said Faruk, during primary interrogation, admitted that he stabbed his wife.
Police sources said they initially found that the victim gave money that Faruk earned in Japan to one of her relatives who was dilly-dallying to pay them back.
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