Court Correspondent :
Two security guards were yesterday put on remand for four days in the case filed in connection with the murder of Chinese national Gao Jianhui. Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain of the CMM Court of Dhaka passed the remand order after hearing.
Earlier, Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Fazlul Haque, who is also the Investigation Officer of the case, produced the two accused in the court seeking remand to quiz them.
Gao was killed for looting money from his Banani residence, police said.
They arrested the two security guards of the building where Gao Jianhui was residing. They also recovered some looted money and a scarf, a bucket and a piece of wood used in the murder. Abdul Baten, Additional Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said it in a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon.
Gao Jianhui was found buried in an open space beside his house on Road- 23 in city’s Banani area on December 11. The Chinese man used to import stones and construction materials from China for Padma Bridge and Payra Sea Port projects.
The security guards are Abdur Rauf, 26, and Enamul Haque, 27.
They were detained from Gulshan area on Tuesday night in this connection and they confessed to their involvement in the killing.
Wife of Gao Jianhui, their two children, brother and the First Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka, among others, were present in the briefing. The police officials said the arrested security guards during interrogation when they confessed that they committed the crime for changing their lots with his money.
They planned to kill the man to loot his money as he was staying alone in the flat. As per plan, they went to his flat on the sixth floor in the evening on December 11, and knocked the door. As Gao Jianhui opened the door, the guards sought water to drink from him. At one stage, Inamul tied a scarf around the neck of Gao Jianhui and Rouf grasped his waist, said the DMP official.
After confirming his death, they took away a laptop, Tk 3 lakh in cash and a cell phone set from there.
Later, they buried the body around 11:00 pm and shared the money, he added.
