No clue to Syedpur twin murder in Nilphamari

A mother and her 48-day-old baby were slaughtered by unidentified killers while they were asleep at their house on the fateful night.

The victims were identified as Monira Sultana, 20, and Masuma.

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The killer also tried to kill Monira's step son Abdullah, 12, who is now undergoing treatment at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) with grievous neck injuries.

During the incident Monira's husband Azizul Islam, a madrassah teacher was not present at the house. He disclosed to police that he was away from his house after getting life threat from his opponents. He has a feud with his neighbour over land for a long time. Azizul and his opponents filed as many as 15 cases against each other till date. Of the cases one was a case of kidnap in which a son of Azizul was abducted. He remains missing till filing of the report yesterday afternoon.

However, after the incident Azizul Islam lodged a case on March 28 accusing nine persons including the BNP president of Kashiram Belpukur union unit Kazi Ekramul Haque.

On April 5, the brother of the deceased housewife, Monira Sultana lodged a case against his brother-in-law Azizul Islam where he accused him of killing his sister.

Meanwhile, wounded Abdullah in a statement given before the magistrate echoed his father's voice. Police regard Abdullah as an important witness in the incident. But his statement differed the statement which he gave on the day of the incident.

Monira's brother told police and local people that his brother-in-law played a suspicious role in the incident. But Azizul Islam alleged that a powerful political quarter in Syedpur upazila is engaged to mislead the investigation in a bid to save the killers.