Was mother the lone killer?

Police mum: Brother not ready to accept RAB's version

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Joynal Abedin Khan :Law enforcers are yet to make further progress over the murder incident of two siblings in the city’s Bansree area.They are also still on suspicious about the number of killers of the gruesome murder case even after passing of six days.The cop members are almost mum to make any comment about development of grilling Mahfuza Malek Jesmine, the only suspected accused of the murder case. Police interrogated her at their custody in connection with the sensational murder of her children, but could not gather any new information to sure about the number of killers, Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Rampura Police Station, told The New Nation on Saturday night. “We will be continuing interrogation to Jesmine to unveil the motive of the murder incident,” the police official said. The murdered babies’ mother Jesmin gave almost the same information in past days about the killing to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Police in their custodies, the OC said.”Police are investigating the much-talked murder case based on multi-dimensional family backgrounds and other related issues as well as confessional statements from several persons in this connection,” Rafiqul Islam said. All the colleted samples and autopsy report of the murder are being testified to make clear the incident, he said. Replying to a query over the media report, the OC termed the published reports on different media in this regard as false and fabricated.He further said that they had nothing new information from Jesmine on the second-day of the remand in connection with the murder case to supply the media. The OC said, “Her statements are nearly identical. But we’ll probe whether there are any other motives behind the murder of the children.””We questioned her on Friday night. She admitted nonchalantly that she had killed her children out of anxiety over their education,” the OC said.Inspector Mostafizur Rahamn is the investigation officer of the case. The children’s father, Amanullah, filed the case accusing Jesmine on Thursday night.He said that they would also question the grandmother to get her account of the day the children were murdered.Earlier, RAB had brought the parents from Jamalpur to the capital on Wednesday. The elite force on Thursday also said Jesmine had confessed to killing her two children “out of anxiety over their education and future”.A Dhaka court on Friday sent her into police custody for five days for questioning.Question has been raised over the ‘psychological stability’ of Jesmine, but RAB said she was ‘mentally sound’ when she admitted to the crime.Jesmine is currently being held at Rampura Police Station, Sub-Inspector Sima Akter on Saturday.”No one from her family has come to visit her and brought her food.”However, Jesmine’s brother, Zakir Hossain Sarker refuted the RAB claim. “My sister cannot kill anyone. She loved her children very much.” Demanding a ‘proper’ investigation, he said, “RAB said it, but my sister didn’t say in front of everyone that she killed her children.”Forensic experts at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) found bruises and finger prints on their throats as well as injury marks on several parts of their bodies during the autopsy.Nusrat Aman Oroni, 14, and her brother Alvi Aman, 6, were found unconscious at their Banasree home in Dhaka on the afternoon of February 29. They were declared dead after being rushed to DMCH at night.

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