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“Please don’t disclose our location in the newspaper, if the killers are able to know our trace, they may rape my school going daughter like my elder daughter may lose virginity like her elder sister”, said Anowara whose husband was killed by the local land grabber gang
Rudro Rasel
Anowara Begum (55), a mere housewife of a remote Sirajdikhan area in Munshiganj district is a true picture of a victim lady who lost her passionate husband for the fatal killing incident by the local killers those are involved with the land grabbing business.
Along with three daughters and son, the widow was forced to leave her native residence for the fear of such local land grabbers. She is now leading a miserable life in a slum in the capital and she is crying for getting the security of her family members.
In spite of informing about the life risk, the local law enforcement agencies failed to ensure the security of the widow’s family whose husband was killed at daylight by the notorious local land grabber gang on November 8, 2019.
For the fear of the identified killers, the widow Anowara who is also the accuser of her husband murder case has received the threat of her son and daughters.
Meanwhile, the identified killers are continuously putting pressure to withdraw the murder case of her husband which was registered at Sirajdikhan Police Station.
“Even they (killers) gang raped my elder daughter in a brutal way. We informed the matter to the concerned police station, but we did not get fair justice from the law enforcers. Even they are now threatening to kidnap my younger daughters for withdrawing the case.”
Meanwhile, the killers threatened my school girl in the public places while going to the school.
“If I do not withdraw the case, they will rape my school going children like y elder daughter. We also submitted a complain, but the police station did not undertake any effective role on this matter. Now, I am still seeking justice and security of my life”, she narrated her agonizing tale to the Daily Tribunal.
Her school going girl daughter was present there and crying loudly to describe the killing scene of her father demanding fair justice.
During narrating the murder incident, the widow was in deep fear and she made a humanitarian appeal through the reporter, “Please don’t disclose our location in newspaper report, if the killers are able to know our trace, they may rape my school going girl even they can kill my daughter. I am telling g from my bitter experience that no woman would face my situation”.
She also alleged that police did not arrest any identified murderers. The police members showed ineffective drive to arrest the accused murderers. Before conducting drive, police informed the murderer for leaving the area.
The widow demanded for ensuring the fair justice of her husband murder and urged the Home Minister and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bangladesh to secure her and her family members.
Her Husband Amir Hossain ilias Mir Ali was killed by the local land grabber gang at daylight on November 8, 2019 but the killers are still untouched through managing the local police including the main accused Kamiz Uddin Kamu who is the mastermind of this murder, alleged the widow.
“Even the killers discouraged the people who tried to take my husband to the hospital. Not only that, after killing my husband, the killers burnt our house to set a fire”, she added.
Dipak Kumar Shikder, Inspector of Criminal Investigative Department (CID), Munshiganj District mentioned in the charge sheet of this case “Kamiz Uddin Kamu and his brother Shahidullah habitually with the associates forcefully grab the land, they are filling sand to setup dragging pipe on the targeting piece of land belonging other for the worse-purpose of occupying the land for handing over to a housing company (land developer) titled ‘Dokkhina Green Town’ that patronizing the said racket. When they were starting to filling the land peace of victim Mir Ali with sand thorough setup dreggier machine, Mir Ali protested to protect own land that hitting the vested interest of the racket leaded Kamiz Uddin and they killed Mir Ali at the daylight brutally over the eye of huge people including Mir Ali’s wife and daughters, even nobody showed dare to bring Mir Ali to the hospital before the fear of Kamiz’s racket”.
Dipak added, “Kamiz Uddin kamu set a preplan and ordered his gang to kill Mir Ali ” in the charge sheet which was submitted at Munshiganj District Court.
In the autopsy report of Mir Ali submitted at the court where Dr. Kumar Mridul das, Medical Officer (MO) of General Hospital, Munsigong opined, “As per inquest report, chelas & above mentioned post mortem findings the cause of death was due to excessive intracranial hemorrhage, a shock due to head injury associated bleeding due to Rt. lung injury which was ante mortem & homicidal in nature.”
In the medical certificate the Medical Officer (MO) of ‘Upazila Shastho Complex, Munsigong’ mentioned, “Weapon used: Blunt or Rough weapon”.
Besides, more than five cases including two murder cases and minimum 20 General dairy (GD) have found at the ShirajdiKhan and other police station and courts across the country against Kamiz and his associates.
In this regard KM Mizanul Haque, the Officer in Charge (OC) of Shirajdikhan Thana said that the matter is under investigation and pending in the court. “This Thana area is not for the criminals and terrorists, we must take an action against the complaint”, OC added.
The other victim Renu Begum (50) alleged that Kamiz Uddin Kamu and his gang killed her brother by burning with fire on 23 March 2021 and she registered a case in this connection at Sirajdikhan Police Station but the killers have remained untouched yet. On the other hand, the victim’s family is living to avoid the eyes of killers for the fear of losing life. For the same reason as Mir Ali, Kamu’s gang set fire to their (victim) house and her brother Md. Milon burnt. After taking him to the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the duty doctor declared Milon as dead.
“But the gap of law kamiz with associates remained out of prison, though some accused were arrested, after some days they returned after receiving the bail order by the court”, Renu Begum also alleged.
Meanwhile, the family members of Mir Ali and Milon with the maximum eye—witnesses of the two murder cases bounded to leave their residence for the fear of Kamu’s gang. Because, the gang set fire to the maximum houses of the victims family and the houses of the witnesses.
Mohiuddin, the Upazila Chairman of Shirajdikhan commented, “Every people of this area know about the Kamu’s gang, but they do not want to disclose openly for the fear of torture, for he fear of losing life.” He also urged the government to arrest Kamu and the members of his gang for ensuring the social harmony, law and order situation of the area.