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Murder of Six

Slain 'pir' had enemies

Say family, neighbours

Staff Correspondent
The "pir" who was slain along with five others in his house in the capital's Gopibagh on Saturday had many enemies, according to family members and neighbours.
In 1997, he was driven away from his village home in Bhuapur, Tangail by neighbours he conflicted with, reported our Tangail correspondent yesterday, quoting his fellow villagers.
"We could rarely stay in the same house for a long time-rny father's preaching got spread and the community drove us out," said Abdullah, the surviving son of the pir.
"Just before we came to this house, we lived in another place in Gopibagh, which we had to leave because one of our neighbours used to have constant clashes with father," he added.
The pir, Lutfar Rahman Faruque, 60, often got threats, claimed Abdullah, but he could not specify instances.
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A gang posing as guests murdered Faruque, his son Sarwar Islam Faruqe, and his four disciples by slitting their throats.
The law enforcers say religious extremists might have had a hand as Faruque used to preach a radical version of Islam.
Police are also investigating whether any wealth related disputes or personal enmity were behind the murder, Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam of Detective Branch of police told reporters at his office yesterday.
The amount of wealth owned by the pir remains unknown, as he had been unemployed since 1999, said his village neighbours, who described him as being in the "lower-middleclass'1.
His nephew Rakibul, however, said he sent around Tk 5,000 to 7,000 to
his village home for his poor relatives twice a year.
His Gopibagh residence was a 2,300-square feet flat rented forTk 24,000 a month, according to the house owner.
A twelve-member family lived in that apartment, comprising the pir, his wife Salma, two sons, his daugh-ter-in-law Bithi, his daughter Shamsunnahar Runi and her infant, and disciples Shahida, Mujibor, Shaheen, Manjur, Asma and her four-year-old son Rajon.
The pir's daughter Runi said her father often brought home guests who ate and lived there.
"He used to host religious gatherings twice a week at our house, although the frequency dwindled in the past month. Around 40 people used to come," added her brother Abdullah.
Azizul Rahman Babul, a disciple, said he had con-
tributed Tk 2,000 on many occasions. "I have been with him since 2003. In many months, he would ask us to financially help him." Babul, however, said the donations were not big.
Among the twelve members of his family, only his children did any regular work.
His elder son, deceased Sarwar, worked in City Bank and got a salary of Tk 50,000, claimed some tenants choosing anonymity.
His younger son is a fresh graduate working as a marketing officer at Abul Khair Ceramic, revealed his colleagues. The daughter was a lecturer at a private university, her cousin Rakibul said.
Previously, Lutfar had worked as an assistant general manager at a private firm and owned a buying house, which was shut down in 1997.