Manir Hossain & Mizanur Rahman :Mahfuz, the main accused in connection with the five-murder case in Narayanganj, on Thursday confessed before the judicial magistrate court that he himself killed all the five members of the family.”Being failed to develop illicit relations with his maternal aunt slain Lamia, I killed all the five,” Mahfuz told the court at 12:00 confessing his guilt into the murder incident. After ending three-day of his remand Mahfuz was produced before the Narayanganj Judicial Magistrate court of Sayeduzzaman Sharif where he confessed his involvement with the gruesome murder.On Monday, a judicial magistrate’s Court put Mahfuz on a seven-day remand in connection with the killing. Judicial Magistrate Sayeduzzaman Sharif recorded Mahfuz’s statement Under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc). “I have murdered all the five members of the family as my maternal aunt Lamia refused my proposal to develop an extramarital relations with her. As I hit them with grinder they became unconscious. Later I strangled all of them to death,” quoting Mahfuz, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Narayanganj Khandakar Mahid Uddin told journalists at a press briefing on Thursday.”I have murdered one after another from Friday midnight to Saturday morning,” Mahfuz was quoted as saying. On Saturday night the five members of the family –Taslima Begum, 35, wife of Shafiqul Islam, a private car driver in capital Dhaka, their children Sumaiya, 5, Shantu, 10, Taslima’s brother Morshedul, 22, and Lamia, 25, — were hacked to death at their Baburail residence in Narayanganj. The family members were the residents of a rented house in Baburail area.Police arrested Mahfuz and showed him arrested in the case on the same day. The SP said that they have collected all evidences properly relating to the brutal murder.Taslima Begum’s husband Shafiqul Islam told the court that he along with his associates killed the five members of the family. “Mahfuz plotted to take revenge on his slain aunt Lamia as she had refused his proposal for developing an illicit relationship with him,” Mohfuz said.On Tuesday, police arrested another accused Nazma Akter who is now on a five-day remand.Earlier, police detained six persons, including Shafiqul’s nephew Mahfuz. Mahfuz is now under a seven-day remand. The rest detained five persons were released later. Shafiqul Islam, husband of deceased Taslima Begum, filed the case against Nazma Akhter, Shahjahan, Badal Bahadur, Badsha and some unidentified miscreants with Narayanganj Sadar Police Station on Sunday.
