Mystery behind Gulshan Garo women murder uncovered

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Sanjib, mastermind of two Garo women murder of Gulshan, and his three friends.

Law enforcers also seized the knife used in the murder.

RAB came up with the disclosure in a press briefing at media centre of its Karwan Bazar office on Thursday noon.

Mufti Mahmud Khan, legal and media wing director of RAB, said, “Acting on a tip off, Sanjib Chiran, nephew of the deceased Sujata, and three of his friends-- Razu Sangma alias Russel, Probin Sangma and Shuvo Chisim-- were arrested from Nalitabari of Sherpur on Wednesday afternoon. Later, based on the information they provided, the knife used in the killing was recovered from behind a bus counter of the capital’s Abdullahpur on Thursday morning."

The RAB official said, “A month back, Sanjib, Shuvo and Probin made a plan to steal money from Sujata’s house to celebrate ‘Star Sunday’ when they were at Jhinaigati of Sherpur. According to the plan, they came to Dhaka on March 19. The trio took Razu and went to the victim’s house the next day.”

“In the house, the arrestees got Sujata drunk on local liquor and then strangulated her mother. They then stabbed Sujata multiple times. However, they could not find any money and left the house locking it from outside,” he added.

The arrestees confessed their deeds during primary interrogation, the RAB official said.

Sujata and her mother Besset were found dead in their flat at the capital’s Kalachandpur of Gulshan area on Tuesday evening.

 

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