Prosecution witnesses on Monday gave statements under the section 164 of criminal code in front of three Dhaka metropolitan magistrates in connection with the killing of Special Branch police inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrates Keshob Roy Chowdhury, Md Ashaduzzaman Nur and Md Rezaul Karim recorded the statements.
Md Amjad Ali, caretaker of Chameli Manson, where the couple used to live, and the guards Md Shahinur Islam and Md and Abdul Motaleb gave their statement.
The couple’s daughter, Oishee Rahman, on Saturday gave a “confessional” statement before a Dhaka court at the end of her five-day remand admitting to the murder.
Investigating Officer Md Abu-Al-Khaiar Matubbar produced the witnesses before court with a 164 statement recording prayer.
In his forwarding report the officer said the three prosecution witness had mentioned that on the day of the incident, early in the morning Oishee, her younger brother Oihee and housemaid Sumi left the house with a travel bag and a side bag by auto rickshaw.
He also said the witnesses may abscond during the period of trial so their statements need to be recorded.
On Saturday, Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Anwar Sadat recorded the confessional statements of Oishee and domestic help Sumi under section 164.
On August 25, the court rejected the bail petition including other three petitions of Oishee and Sumi.
On August 16, Oishee’s father Mahfuzur Rahman, 48, and his wife Swapna Rahman, 40, were found dead in their Chamelibagh flat.
Oishee, an O-level student of Oxford International School, along with Sumi, went into hiding after murder of her parents.
The couple had lived in the rented flat with their two children Oishee and Oihee, 7, and Sumi.
Twenty-two hours later, Oishee surrendered at Paltan police station. DB police arrested her friend Rony and Sumi the same day.
On August 18, a Dhaka court granted five-day remand for Oishee, Rony and Sumi in connection with the killing case.
On August 21, the prime suspect Oishee, underwent various tests at Dhaka Medical College Hospital to determine her age.
Oishee and Sumi are now at the National Juvenile Development and Correction Centre at Konabari, Gazipur.
