A Dhaka court yesterday sent Asaduzzaman Jony, a close friend of Oishee Rahman, in connection with the murder of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna, on a fresh three-day remand.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tarique Mainul Islam Bhuiyan ordered the remand, rejecting the defence’s petition for bail and the remand prayer filed by the investigation officer.
Jony alias Rony was arrested on September 18 after a month of hiding and was later remanded for five days.
On August 16, police recovered the bodies of Oishee’s parents – Special Branch inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and Swapna – from their Chamelibagh residence in the capital. Oishee surrendered to the police and confessed to the killing, but later she retracted the confession. She said her mother’s strict monitoring and supply of drugs from friend Jony and his wife Irin had pushed her life into a different track.
Investigation Officer and Detective Branch Inspector Abu-Al-Khayer Matubbar prayed to the court for remand of 10 days but the magistrate granted the DB police three days to question Jony.
