The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that Moriam Mannan plotted with her mother Rahima Begum to go into hiding at their Bashundhara home 25 days before the fake kidnapping incident.
The law enforcement agency revealed the information on Tuesday after completing the investigation of the case filed in connection with the “disappearance” of Rahima Begum.
The investigation revealed that the kidnapping incident was plotted by Mariam Mannan. She even sent Tk1,000 to her mother on the day of her disappearance to go into hiding.
Officials involved in the investigation said that Mariam had planned the drama of Rahima Begum's disappearance for many days. Basically, the plan was made to trap their neighbor over a land dispute.
Even before that incident, Rahima Begum left the house many times without informing anyone.
Khulna PBI Superintendent of Police Syed Mushfiqur Rahman said that the investigation of the case has been completed recently and it has been sent to the PBI head office for approval.
The report will be submitted to the court only if approved from there.
Abdul Mannan, inspector of the Khulna PBI also confirmed the matter.
Rahima, 55, was allegedly abducted on August 27 from her house in Khulna city's Uttar Banikpara.
The next day, her daughter Aduri Akhter filed the case with the Daulatpur Police Station, accusing five people.
However, she was found unharmed on September 24, living as a guest at his former tenant Kuddus Molla's residence in Faridpur's Boalmari upazila.
On September 23, Mariam identified a body, recovered by police, as her mother's at Phulbari Police Station in Mymensingh.
Family members of those accused in the case claimed that Rahima Begum's daughter Mariam Mannan is the "mastermind" behind the mysterious disappearance.