Murderers confessed of killing trader for Tk 20,000 in Munshiganj

Two alleged murderers confessed of killing a trader for Tk 20,000 in Gazaria upazila of the district on Tuesday.

The alleged murderers are Arif, 27, and Jony, 22, of village etuitola in the same upazila. They confessed to Munshiganj Judicial Magistrate Abul Hasnat under section 164 on the day that they were
hired to kill the trader.

They said Shafiq of village Nagarpur in Tangail district had a dispute with his brother-in-law Abul Hossain, a trader of the same village, as Abul was delaying to repay Tk 20,000 he borrowed from Shafiq earlier.

The killers said Shafique along with his wife’s brother Russell as per a plan to kill Abul Hossain called him to his father in law’s house in Gazaria. They said Russell hired them earlier and as per contract they hacked Abul Hossain to death on the night of March 25, this year.

Police recovered the body next morning and arrested the murderers. Shafiq remained absconding.

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