Police say they have solved the murder of Mokchhed Ali alias Bachchu Mia, 60, in Ulipur, Kurigram. A young man named Raihan Kabir Rabbi, 20, has been arrested, and a machete used in the killing was recovered on information he gave.
Initial investigation suggests the killing may have arisen from a land dispute, according to law enforcement.
Additional Superintendent of Police Md Masud Rana gave the details at a news conference at Ulipur police station on Wednesday (21 October) afternoon.
According to police, both of Bachchu Mia’s legs were cut off after the killing to hide the crime, and investigators found they had been put in a green travel bag. Police are still looking into the motive and whether anyone else was involved.
Rabbi is the son of Mithu Mia of the same village. He is the son of the victim’s nephew.
According to police and the case statement, the killing took place at some point between 10:30pm on Monday (19 October) and 2am. The victim’s son, Abdul Motaleb Mia, filed a case at Ulipur police station under sections 302, 201 and 34 of the Penal Code.
After the case was filed, an investigation began on the instructions of the Kurigram superintendent of police, under the supervision of senior officers. Investigators used technology, gathered information from various sources and carried out raids in several places, which led to Rabbi’s arrest, police said.
Police say Rabbi confessed to taking part in the killing during initial questioning. On his information, the machete was recovered from a pond east of Ahsan Habib’s house in Dharanibari union.
Additional SP Masud Rana told the news conference that police were checking whether anyone else was involved, and that drives to identify and arrest them were continuing. The arrested young man has been sent to jail through the court.
Bachchu Mia’s body was found early on Tuesday (20 October) in a bedroom of Mithu Mia’s house in Panditpara, Kishamat Madhupur Khamar village, Dharanibari union, Ulipur upazila.
Bachchu Mia was the son of the late Sajor Uddin Sarkar of Nabdiganj Kalabari in Rangpur’s Mahiganj police station area. He had come from Rangpur to visit his home village in Ulipur and was staying at his nephew Mithu Mia’s house, where his body was found.
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