Police have arrested four suspected robbers while the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held one on Saturday in connection with the murder of the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) leader Dr Narayan Chandra Datta Nitai.
Despite his family's belief that it was a premeditated murder over recruitment in a hospital, the law enforcers insisted that the incident took place during a burglary.
At a press conference, where the four detainees were produced, Deputy Commissioner (South) of the Detective Branch of Police Monirul Islam said the law enforcers had recovered looted gold ornaments and the knife used for killing the 48-year-old doctor.
They had been detained from Dhaka and adjacent areas over the past two days, Islam said.
"We are preliminarily confirmed that the murder was conducted during the robbery," he said.
"But," he added, "this isn't final. We are giving similar priority to the other chances, including the talks over politics."
Those detained are Masud alias Peda, 28, Saidul, 38, Pichchi Kamal, 35 and Faisal, 32.
Faisal said one of his associates, barred during the burglary at the house, knifed a person.
"We heard later in the morning that the victim has died," he said.
Four of the seven robbers, including Faisal, entered the house after cutting the window grill, he said.
"He (Nitai) was asleep when we entered [the house]. Getting awake, he scuffled with us. We wanted to tie him up but he resisted. Then Mintu knifed him and we fled after looting some things," he added.
RAB arrested another member of the gang, Kamal. RAB spokesman M Sohail said he would be handed over to the police.
Dr Nitai, an Executive Committee member of BMA, was knifed to death in the early hours of Thursday at his home in Mahakhali's National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH).
On the fateful night, he was alone in his room and his octogenarian mother Manju Dutta was on the floor below. On the first floor, police found household items scattered all over the place, leading them to suspect the killing was part of a robbery.
A case filed by the father of the deceased, Tarit Kanti Datta, over the incident with the Banani police mentioned Tk 500,000 has gone missing.
But DR Nitai's brother-in-law Surash Chowdhury claimed after the murder that it was premeditated.
He alleged Nitai was being threatened over recruitment of third and fourth-class employees at NIDCH.
"Everything is false. It is a staged drama. If it was an incident of burglary, it would have been carried out after tying his hands, legs and mouth, and he would not have been killed. Though money and gold ornaments were looted, I would still say it was a premeditated murder," said Surash.
Surash, however, could not name any of those threatening Nitai.
Superintendent of the NIDCH Dr Bashir Ahmed said Dr Nitai never talked about receiving any threats.
According to Ahmed, the 55 newly appointed NIDCH staffs included Nitai's brother Goutam and Gautam's wife. The appointment was formalised on Aug 1.
"Narayan (Nitai) was superintendent of the NIDCH even six months ago and the possibility of killing him to avenge previous enmity cannot be brushed aside," said one of his colleagues, preferring anonymity.
Despite his family's belief that it was a premeditated murder over recruitment in a hospital, the law enforcers insisted that the incident took place during a burglary.
At a press conference, where the four detainees were produced, Deputy Commissioner (South) of the Detective Branch of Police Monirul Islam said the law enforcers had recovered looted gold ornaments and the knife used for killing the 48-year-old doctor.
They had been detained from Dhaka and adjacent areas over the past two days, Islam said.
"We are preliminarily confirmed that the murder was conducted during the robbery," he said.
"But," he added, "this isn't final. We are giving similar priority to the other chances, including the talks over politics."
Those detained are Masud alias Peda, 28, Saidul, 38, Pichchi Kamal, 35 and Faisal, 32.
Faisal said one of his associates, barred during the burglary at the house, knifed a person.
"We heard later in the morning that the victim has died," he said.
Four of the seven robbers, including Faisal, entered the house after cutting the window grill, he said.
"He (Nitai) was asleep when we entered [the house]. Getting awake, he scuffled with us. We wanted to tie him up but he resisted. Then Mintu knifed him and we fled after looting some things," he added.
RAB arrested another member of the gang, Kamal. RAB spokesman M Sohail said he would be handed over to the police.
Dr Nitai, an Executive Committee member of BMA, was knifed to death in the early hours of Thursday at his home in Mahakhali's National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH).
On the fateful night, he was alone in his room and his octogenarian mother Manju Dutta was on the floor below. On the first floor, police found household items scattered all over the place, leading them to suspect the killing was part of a robbery.
A case filed by the father of the deceased, Tarit Kanti Datta, over the incident with the Banani police mentioned Tk 500,000 has gone missing.
But DR Nitai's brother-in-law Surash Chowdhury claimed after the murder that it was premeditated.
He alleged Nitai was being threatened over recruitment of third and fourth-class employees at NIDCH.
"Everything is false. It is a staged drama. If it was an incident of burglary, it would have been carried out after tying his hands, legs and mouth, and he would not have been killed. Though money and gold ornaments were looted, I would still say it was a premeditated murder," said Surash.
Surash, however, could not name any of those threatening Nitai.
Superintendent of the NIDCH Dr Bashir Ahmed said Dr Nitai never talked about receiving any threats.
According to Ahmed, the 55 newly appointed NIDCH staffs included Nitai's brother Goutam and Gautam's wife. The appointment was formalised on Aug 1.
"Narayan (Nitai) was superintendent of the NIDCH even six months ago and the possibility of killing him to avenge previous enmity cannot be brushed aside," said one of his colleagues, preferring anonymity.
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