Three days into the gruesome killing of a woman along with her three daughters, the prime accused Jahangir Hossain, 25, remains at large.

Mirzapur police yesterday afternoon produced Jahangir's brother Abu Hanifbefore aTangail court, seeking seven-day remand.

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Tangail, granted three days remand for Hanif, court sources said.

Mohammad Ali Hossen, the rickshaw puller who was detained by police for his alleged involvement in carrying the petrol used to set the house ablaze, gave confessional statement to Ferdousee yesterday.

Miscreants burnt alive Hasna Begum, 35, and her daughters Monira Akter, 14, Meem Akter, 10, and Moli, 7, on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Hasna's expatriate husband Mozibor Rahman, 40, who flew back to Bangladesh from Malaysia after seven years on Wednesday, broke down in tears while talking to this correspondent.

“I lost everything. Who will I live for now?” cried out Mozibor, lying on the ground of his village home at Dakkhin Sohagpara yesterday.

Family members, relatives and villagers demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits involved in the murders. They also demanded punitive action against Mirzapur police for their negligence in protecting the victims in spite of several complaints that

the victims' family had lodged with the police station.

"The alleged negligence of law enforcers in protecting the victims will be investigated," said Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, superintendent of police in Tangail.

The victims' family members and locals suspect that Mozibor's neighbour Jahangir, a Singapore expatriate and son of farmer Bahar Uddin, committed the crime together with his accomplices following a dispute over his engagement with Monira, the eldest daughter of Mozibor.

"I had not known about Monira's engagement with Jahangir. Later I came to know my father had settled it with the boy's family,” Mozibor said.

"After the arbitration, Jahangir went to Singapore again and told me over the phone that he was seriously disappointed over my family's refusal to marry Monira to him. I had told him that I would look into the matter after returning to the country. But he destroyed everything before I could come back", said a wailing Mozibor.