A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to a suspect in the murders of Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman, who were allegedly killed by their own daughter Oishee Rahman.
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 Judge Syeed Ahamed granted the bail to Oishee’s friend Mizanur Rahman Rony, 25, after hearing a bail petition.
Rony’s counsel Md Shahidul Islam said the investigation officer had brought allegation under section 112 of the penal code against Rony for sheltering the key accused; so the court granted the bail as Rony did not know about the murder.
“The main accused in the case – Oishee – also did not mention his [Rony’s] name in the confessional statement she earlier gave to the court under section 164.”
The tribunal has so far recorded depositions of four prosecution witnesses, out of 57, and has also fixed April 6 for the next hearing.
According to the case statement, the bodies of Mahfuzur and Swapna were found at their Chamelibagh residence in the capital on August 16, 2013.
On September 18, 2013, detectives arrested Oishee’s friend Rony.
On March 9 last year, DB Inspector Abul Khair Matubbar, the investigation officer of the case, submitted two charge sheets – one against Oishee and her friends Jony and Rony, and another against household help Sumi – before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court.
Later on November 12 last year, the case was shifted to the Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 in accordance to a Home Ministry decision.
