Mirpur Couple’s killer car’s owner and driver identified

The police have also said that the culprits fled the city following the incident. Sources have confirmed the Dhaka Tribune that Ashikur Rahman Khan, a contractor, hailing from city's Shahinbagh area of Tejgaon is the owner of the car and it was his son Nafees Khan Oni, 20 who is the prime suspect. Hasan Haider, a former owner of the car said that he sold the car to Naeem, an auto-car sale man who sold it to Ashikur ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr in June. On Wednesday, Nafees and his friends went joyriding and ran over Ataur Rahman, 70, and his wife Rowshon Ara, 60, in Dhaka’s Mirpur Shewrapara area. Later, police seized the car, and recovered an empty bottle of liquor from the car but Nafees had fled the scene. Shamim Sikder, Officer-in charge of Kafrul police station said: “We have received a number of reliable information to act upon, but we cannot disclose their names and identification for the sake of investigation.” “Police suspects that the driver was driving while drunk,” added the OC.