Case Filed Over Killing of Little Girl and Her Father in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan, Neighbour Sohrab Named as Main Accused
A murder case has been filed with Sirajdikhan police station over the killing of four-year-old Tawba and her father Golap Hossain in Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj. Joynal Mia, father of the slain Golap Hossain, filed the case as plaintiff late on Thursday night.
Detained neighbour Sohrab Bepari (60) has been named as the main accused in the case. Kuwait expatriate Amir Hossain Matbar (62) and 12 to 13 other unnamed persons have also been made accused. Main accused Sohrab is the son of Khalilur Rahman of Dosorpara village in Latabdi union of the upazila.
Sirajdikhan police station Officer-in-Charge Md Alauddin confirmed the filing and said the case was recorded at the station around midnight last night. Main accused Sohrab is in police custody, and the legal process to produce him before court is under way.
According to police sources, a group of masked assailants attacked the father and daughter on Wednesday night when they reached the Patharghata area of Sirajdikhan upazila.
The assailants slit the throat of four-year-old Tawba, killed her and left her in a deserted place. At the same time, her father Golap Hossain (30) was seriously wounded with sharp weapons and forcibly made to drink poison.
The next day, on Thursday around 9am, police recovered Tawba's bloodied body from an empty plot at an abandoned brickfield in Ramkrishnadi village of the upazila.
Golap Hossain, rescued in a seriously injured condition and brought to Dhaka for treatment, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 12:30pm on Thursday.
Police said an investigation has begun to find out whether prior enmity, a family dispute or a land-related feud lies behind the killings. Operations continue to arrest the other accused involved in the incident.
