A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of Oishee Rahman, who is accused of killing her parents, Police Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and housewife Swapna Rahman.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jahurul Haque turned down bail for Oishee on Tuesday
Earlier, the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate had quashed Oishee’s bail plea twice.
On Monday, lawyers of Oishee’s friends, Asaduzzaman Jony and Mizanur Rahman Rony, also accused for the murders, cross-examined the plaintiff Md Mashiur Rahman.
He is the brother of the slain police officer.
The court has fixed the next hearing of the case on Aug 27.
In his witness deposition on July 8, the plaintiff claimed that his niece, Oishee Rahman was innocent.
“I strongly believe that my niece did not kill my brother and his wife. My brother was working for the police’s Special Branch (political wing).
“Some miscreant might have killed him as a sequel to past rivalries,” he told the court.
On Aug 16 last year, Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur and his wife Swapna Begum were stabbed to death at their rented flat in Chamelibagh, Malibagh.
Police recovered their bodies two days after the crime. The same day, schoolgirl Oishee, 19, surrendered at the Paltan Police Station along with housemaid ‘Sumi’.
Later during interrogation, the couple’s daughter gave a statement saying she had killed her parents with the help of the housemaid.
On Aug 24 last year, a Dhaka court recorded Oishee’s confessional statement but she later pleaded for retraction.
She claimed police had tortured and forced her into giving that statement on Sep 5 the same year.
Investigators also found the involvement of her two friends, Rony and ‘Jony. Both were later arrested.
They are now in jail along with Oishee, while Sumi has been released on bail from the Juvenile Correction Centre at Gazipur on June 1 and her mother has been given her custody.
The Detective Branch of police submitted the chargesheet on Mar 9 accusing the four of committing the murders.
After receiving the chargesheet, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Maruf Hossain sent the case for hearing at the Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court.
Police has accused the housemaid, Sumi, and Oishee’s two friends of abetment .
