A relative of Dr Narayan Chandra Datta Nitai is refusing to take the incident as a robbery and believes the murder was premeditated.
Brother-in-law Surash Chowdhury claims Dr Nitai was being threatened over recruitment at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH).
Unnamed assailants had stabbed him to death at the residential building of NIDCH in Mohakhali on Thursday.
Police found everything on the house's first floor in a disorderly manner and suspected the killing was part of a robbery.
"Everything is false. It's an organised drama. Robbers would only take away things. They would not kill," Surash said.
"Even if money and gold were looted, I'll take it as a planned murder," he added.
He said the NIDCH had been plagued with problems during the past several days over appointment of the third and fourth-class employees.
"One of the doctors and his associates often threatened him," Surash said without naming anyone.
However, Superintendent of the NIDCH Dr Bashir Ahmmed said Dr Nitai never talked about receiving any threats.
He said Dr Nitai's brother Gautam and his wife Korna Das were among the 55 employees appointed to third and fourth-class posts on Aug 1.
Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of the Banani Police Station Moinul Haque told bdnews24.com that the incident took place in the wee hours.
An Executive Member of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), spokesperson for medical profession, was also an Assistant Professor at the NIDCH.
"The assailants entered Dr Nitai's residence breaking the window grill and stabbed him to death. He was rushed to the hospital in the morning where doctors declared him dead," the police officer said.
Two knives and a crowbar were found at the scene of the murder, he said.
"Most probably the miscreants entered the house to steal. They knifed Dr Nitai as he would have sensed them," he added.
Moinul Haque said one "Saidul" had been nabbed in connection with the murder.
Dr Nitai's wife, Dr Lucky Chowdhury, who and her husband are leaders of pro-government Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad, had gone to her village home in Chittagong on holiday. She came back around 1pm after learning about her husband's murder.
Dr Nitai's octogenarian mother Manju Dutta lived on the floor below him, according to police who believe the assailants entered the residence to commit burglary and fled killing Nitai when he noticed them.
Mother Manju Dutta told journalists that around Tk 500,000 in cash and 30 tolas of gold ornaments had gone missing.
Night guard in the hospital area Abdur Rauf told journalists he had gone to the first floor of the building hearing Dr Nitai's mother's scream in the morning. There, he said, he had found the doctor in a blood-stained state.
He said, "Sir's (Dr Nitai) face was covered with a lungi. When I removed the lungi, Sir said, 'Call in a doctor'. He did not make any more noise."
Rauf said 17 night guards were appointed for the area and that his colleagues had asked him to take up the "duty" in front of the quarter during night as he was old.
The night guard added that assailants often chased guards there.
Dr Nitai's body was taken to his residence around 2pm after autopsy. His brother-in-law said Nitai's funeral would take place at Kalipur village in Chittagong's Banshkhali Upazila.
He will be cremated at the Great Crematorium in the Baluar Dighir Parh.
Health and Family Welfare Minister A F M Ruhal Haque rushed to the hospital soon after hearing the news. The minister, President of Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad, expressed his deep shock and told the law-enforcing agencies to nab the killers at the earliest.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered quick arrest of the murderers.
Brother-in-law Surash Chowdhury claims Dr Nitai was being threatened over recruitment at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH).
Unnamed assailants had stabbed him to death at the residential building of NIDCH in Mohakhali on Thursday.
Police found everything on the house's first floor in a disorderly manner and suspected the killing was part of a robbery.
"Everything is false. It's an organised drama. Robbers would only take away things. They would not kill," Surash said.
"Even if money and gold were looted, I'll take it as a planned murder," he added.
He said the NIDCH had been plagued with problems during the past several days over appointment of the third and fourth-class employees.
"One of the doctors and his associates often threatened him," Surash said without naming anyone.
However, Superintendent of the NIDCH Dr Bashir Ahmmed said Dr Nitai never talked about receiving any threats.
He said Dr Nitai's brother Gautam and his wife Korna Das were among the 55 employees appointed to third and fourth-class posts on Aug 1.
Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of the Banani Police Station Moinul Haque told bdnews24.com that the incident took place in the wee hours.
An Executive Member of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), spokesperson for medical profession, was also an Assistant Professor at the NIDCH.
"The assailants entered Dr Nitai's residence breaking the window grill and stabbed him to death. He was rushed to the hospital in the morning where doctors declared him dead," the police officer said.
Two knives and a crowbar were found at the scene of the murder, he said.
"Most probably the miscreants entered the house to steal. They knifed Dr Nitai as he would have sensed them," he added.
Moinul Haque said one "Saidul" had been nabbed in connection with the murder.
Dr Nitai's wife, Dr Lucky Chowdhury, who and her husband are leaders of pro-government Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad, had gone to her village home in Chittagong on holiday. She came back around 1pm after learning about her husband's murder.
Dr Nitai's octogenarian mother Manju Dutta lived on the floor below him, according to police who believe the assailants entered the residence to commit burglary and fled killing Nitai when he noticed them.
Mother Manju Dutta told journalists that around Tk 500,000 in cash and 30 tolas of gold ornaments had gone missing.
Night guard in the hospital area Abdur Rauf told journalists he had gone to the first floor of the building hearing Dr Nitai's mother's scream in the morning. There, he said, he had found the doctor in a blood-stained state.
He said, "Sir's (Dr Nitai) face was covered with a lungi. When I removed the lungi, Sir said, 'Call in a doctor'. He did not make any more noise."
Rauf said 17 night guards were appointed for the area and that his colleagues had asked him to take up the "duty" in front of the quarter during night as he was old.
The night guard added that assailants often chased guards there.
Dr Nitai's body was taken to his residence around 2pm after autopsy. His brother-in-law said Nitai's funeral would take place at Kalipur village in Chittagong's Banshkhali Upazila.
He will be cremated at the Great Crematorium in the Baluar Dighir Parh.
Health and Family Welfare Minister A F M Ruhal Haque rushed to the hospital soon after hearing the news. The minister, President of Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad, expressed his deep shock and told the law-enforcing agencies to nab the killers at the earliest.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered quick arrest of the murderers.
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