Samiul Killing

Father's tears disrupt deposition

Court Correspondent
A man demanded exemplary punishment before a Dhaka court yesterday to his six-year-old son Samiul Azim's alleged killers--his wife Ayesha Humaira and her alleged paramour Shamsuzzaman Arif. KM Azam, father of the minor boy, yesterday appeared before the Special Judge Court-4 of Dhaka and started giving his deposition about the incident of killing his son. But he could not complete his deposition as he broke down in tears and could not speak any more. A pin-drop silence prevailed at the courtroom. Lawyers and other litigants there also shed tears. Judge Jesmine Anwar of the court then fixed April 9 for recording his rest statement. Ayesha, 25, and Arif, 38, now in jail were produced before the court yesterday. On February 1, the same court framed charges against the duo, but the two denied their involvement in the killing. The body of Samiul Azim, son of KR Azam and Ayesha, was found in a sack near their Nabodai Housing residence in Adabar on June 24 last year. His mother Ayesha and Arif were arrested after the boy's father filed a case with Adabar Police Station.