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Assailants kept track of Savar AL leader's movement: investigators

Wife of prime accused in murder case gives confessional statement to court

Our Correspondent, Savar
Wife of the prime accused in a case filed over the killing of Savar Awami League leader Abdul Mazid in a confessional statement before a Dhaka court has said Mazid was killed in a planned way, according to investigators.
Afroza Begum, 27, wife of Mikail Mollah, 60, gave the statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on Monday, said Saiful Islam, inspector (investigation) of Savar Model Police Station.
"We believe it was a pre-planned murder, and took place over establishing supremacy in the area," said Saiful, also the case's investigation officer.
According to police, criminals shot Mazid in the head near his home in Baktarpur area on Saturday night while he was returning from Dhaka. He was declared dead at Enam Medical College Hospital.
Mazid, 37, was the assistant public affairs secretary of Savar municipality unit AL.
A few days ago, Mazid and his neighbour Mikail had an altercation that led to Mazid slapping him. Since then, Mikail and his associates had been plotting revenge, said the IO quoting Afroza. "She said they kept track of when Mazid left and returned
home," the IO added.
He did not disclose how many people were involved in the incident for the sake of investigation.
During the attack, another local AL activist sustained bullet injuries. He is receiving treatment at a hospital.
Saidur Rahman, additional superintendent (crime) of Dhaka district police, said Mazid's father filed the murder case with Savar Police Station against nine named and eight to nine unnamed people.
The accused are Mikail, Anwar, 60; Morin Hossain, 45; Moktar Hossain, 40; Swapan, 38; Sujat, 38; Babu, 26; Munir, 20; and Ripon, 20. All of them are neighbours of Mazid.
The IO said police detained Afroza, who is the second wife of Mikail, and Moktar for questioning. They were shown arrested and produced before the court, which sent Afroza to jail after hearing her statement. It also placed Moktar on a two-day remand.
Abul Kashem, father of Mazid, told The Daily Star yesterday that his son was murdered as he was vocal against Mikail and his associates' narcotics business. He demanded a fair investigation and capital punishment for the killers.