Police still clueless

Police could not unearth the mystery behind the killing of Haji Maulana Belal Hossain, muezzin of an Old Dhaka mosque, two days into the murder.

Police said they were investigating the incident focusing on different aspects whether the murder has any link to financial issue, previous enmity or even any militancy.

Investigators, however, said they were struggling to find a clue since there was neither any witness nor any video footage of the incident or of the lone entry-exit point of the mosque.

Belal , 49, was found in a pool of blood on the stairs of the four-storey Jabbu Khanam mosque where he served for 28 years. Police said he was killed before 5:20am on Monday.

"We are yet find any clue to the murder. We are quizzing other staff of the mosque and some owners of shops housed at the ground floor and basement of the mosque," said Assistant Commissioner of Kotwali Zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Shahen Shah Mahmud.