Unable to hold back her tears, Khairunnesa, the wife of slain policeman Ibrahim Mollah, said her family’s financial future had become uncertain because the family’s sole breadwinner had been murdered.
“I do not know how I will bring up my children as I do not have a job. I need a job right now,” she said.
Assistant Sub-Inspector of police Ibrahim Mollah was stabbed to death on October 22 at the Parbat Cinema Hall check-post in Dhaka’s Gabtoli area.
He is survived by his widow, five and a half-year-old daughter Jannatul Ferdous Ira and infant son Yasin Arafat Porag.
Khairunnesa yesterday received Tk5 lakh from the Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shaidul Haque at Police Headquarters. She said the money would give her relief for some time but that she was anxious about the future.
She said after her husband’s murder, she has lived with her elderly, retired father-in-law in Bagerhat.
The police widow said she had heard that family members of deceased policemen were offered their jobs and said that she would like the opportunity to work. ASI Ibrahim’s widow demanded justice for her slain husband.
Shahidul Hossain, father of constable Mukul Hossain, who was stabbed to death at a check-post in Ashulia on November 4, said his family was in the same situation.
Shahidul, a farmer, said Mukul, the only earning member of the family, carried his three siblings’ education expenses.
Shahidul recalled his son’s words to him: “You need not to be worry: I will always be beside you.” “I am here to receive my son’s death compensation. My son will never again be beside me, I will never get him back,” the grieving father said.
Shahidul said he has had to take out a loan for his children’s education. “There is no option for me as I cannot do anything in my old age.”
He demanded justice for his son.
The IGP asked his force to remain vigilant in the light of a series of attacks on policemen in the capital and elsewhere. He said drives will continue until the killers are apprehended.