Accused’s parents held, put on 3-day remand

A court in Chattogram on Tuesday placed parents of Abir Ali, the prime accused in a case over kidnapping and murdering of seven-year-old Ayat in the city, on a three-day remand.

Police arrested Abir’s parents van puller Azharul Islam and Aleya Begum from their residence at Bandartila of the city on Monday night and produced before the court on Tuesday.

Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Oliullah passed the order when Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) produced them before the court seeking a seven-day remand.

After interrogating them, it will be known whether Abir killed the child and threw the body into the sea after slicing it into six pieces only for ransom or any other reason, said plaintiff’s counsel Advocate Selim Ullah Chowdhury.

Abir was put on another seven-day remand on the same day on completion of his two-day remand.

On November 25, PBI arrested Abir for kidnapping and murdering seven-year-old Alina Islam Ayat 10 days after she went missing.