A Dhaka court has placed KM Zahirul Islam Palash on two-day remand in a case filed over killing wife of BRTA deputy director and college teacher Krishna Kaberi Biswas.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashed Talukdar passed the order Sunday, rejecting Palash's bail petition.
Earlier in the day, DB Inspector Delwar Hossain, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case produced Palash before the court with a 10-day remand plea.
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Palash, the lone accused in the sensational murder, surrendered before another Dhaka court on Thursday and sought bail in the case. But, the court sent him to jail, rejecting his plea.
Krishna Kaberi Biswas, 36, wife of BRTA deputy director Sitangshu Shekhar Bishwas and a former college teacher of the city’s Mission International College, was killed at her apartment on March 30.
According to the case documents, Palash came to the flat of Sitangshu in the night with gifts and food to greet him on his belated birthday. He was apparently known to the family.
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He gave Sitangshu juice, presumably laced with sedatives, that he had brought. After drinking the juice, Sitangshu fell unconscious, and then the man hit his head with a hammer.
As Krishna came to the living room with a boti, a unique kitchen sickle, the killer snatched it and hacked her on the head.
Stunned at the incidents, the couple’s daughters Adri, 6, and Shruti, 15, rushed to the living room of the second floor flat of a building on Iqbal Road, Mohammadpur to save their parents. They were also hit and eventually fled. Shruti informed their neighbours about the attack over land phone.
Before leaving the house, the killer switched off the light in the living room and set the room on fire. He also threw Krishna into the fire.