A Correspondent :
An elderly man was murdered allegedly by a domestic help and Tk 2 lakh in cash was looted from his flat in Chattogram city on Friday.
The deceased is Tofayel Ahmed Rafiq, 60, a former businessman and son of Barik Mia, a locally renowned man of Fakirhat area. Rafiq was also the brother-in-law of Awami League candidate MA Latif (Chattogram-11), said police.
Assistant Commissioner (Port) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Kamrul Islam said one of the male domestic helps working for Rafiq fled after the murder, while Tk 2 lakh went missing; he kept the cash for a surgery he was supposed to undergo in a couple of days.
“The incident took place on the first floor of Rafiq’s three-storey house, between 2:00pm and 4:00pm,” said Officer-in-Charge Mohiuddin Mahmud of Bandar Police Station.
Rafiq was a widower and used to live alone with his three male domestic helps on the first floor while his two sons and a daughter live on the second floor. A few days ago, he appointed a youth, aged about 20, as a worker, and he has been missing since the murder, said the OC.
Rafiq last talked to his sons yesterday noon. In the evening when no response came from the flat, family members broke the door open and found Rafiq in the bed. He was hit by some metal object in the head, and blood was oozing out of his ears and nose, the officer said.
Rafiq was pronounced dead at Chattogram Ma o Shishu Medical Centre.
The family could not recall the name of the missing worker as he was a newcomer, the OC said, adding, “Police are collecting CCTV footage from near the building to trace his last location.”
