Quadruple Murder in Dinajpur

Relatives seek justice

26 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The persons accused of quadruple murder that took place in a Dinajpur village in 2002 are now trying to have the murder case withdrawn by terming it a politically motivated case, family members of the victims said at a press conference in the city yesterday. They also alleged that the accused are also threatening them with death. On June 17 in 2002, a gang of criminals poured petrol into three rooms of a house at Deuli village in Birganj upazila and set them on fire, leaving four people dead. They are Maqbul Hossain and his three nephews Bachhu Miah, Samad and Zainal Abedin. At the press conference, Md Abdur Razzak, son of Maqbul, appealed to the prime minister to take steps so that the killers cannot go unpunished. He said the killing was a sequel to long-standing feud with an influential person of the village who was trying to grab 50 acres of land belonging to Maqbul's family. Earlier in 1994, hired men of the influential person stabbed Maqbul's brother Abdul Gafur, he said. Two murder cases were filed against 42 people. One of the accused went abroad and did not return. The remaining 41 are now on bail. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted charge sheet against the 42 accused in 2003.