Court orders police to record businessman Siddique’s murder case as FIR over ‘stroke death’ claim

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A case has been filed with a court alleging that a businessman named Md Siddique Mia, 55, was strangled to death in Brahmanpara, Cumilla, over a dispute in the timber business. The court has directed the officer-in-charge (OC) of Brahmanpara Police Station to record the case as a first information report (FIR).

Md Bahar Mia, son of the deceased Siddique Mia, filed the case with the Cumilla Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-2 (Amoli). The accused are three: Md Mahfuz Mia, 45, Md Emon, 20, and Md Faruk, 40. They hail from Mirpur village in Madhabpur union of Brahmanpara upazila.

According to the case statement and local sources, Siddique Mia had a long-standing dispute with the prime accused, Mahfuz Mia, over the timber business. The complaint says that, as a result, Siddique Mia was called by phone in a premeditated manner to a spot near the accused’s house at around 10:30pm on 18 October. There, the accused strangled him and dumped the body in a ditch in a nearby beel.

The case statement further alleges that after the incident the accused tried to pass off the death as a natural one caused by a stroke, and also tried to complete the burial quickly. But while bathing the body later, relatives noticed nail scratches and injury marks on Siddique Mia’s neck and back. Growing suspicious, they went to court with a murder complaint.

Brahmanpara Police Station OC Md Faruk Hossain said on Sunday (15 November) afternoon that the deceased’s son Bahar Mia had filed the case with the court. The court took cognisance of the case and directed the police station to record it as an FIR. The matter is under investigation, and necessary legal action will be taken subject to the investigation, he added.

Sources

Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin