Own Correspondent: Abeer’s father Azharul and mother Alo Begum have been remanded for three days. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Oli Ullah gave this order on Tuesday (November 29).
Before that, the police bureau of investigation (PBI) arrested them and brought them to the court asking for a seven-day remand. On the other hand, PBI also arrested Abir Ali’s sister. Being a minor, he has been produced in the Juvenile Court.
Earlier, on November 15, the 6-year-old Ayat went to study Arabic in a nearby school from his house in Bandartila area of EPZ police station. He has not been found since then. The next day, his father Sohail Rana filed a general diary (GD) at the EPZ police station on the complaint of missing. Posters and flyers were also distributed asking for the child’s whereabouts. When Ayat’s grandfather applied to the Police Bureau of Investigation, PBI, the PBI started an investigation and detained 19-year-old Abir for questioning. Last Thursday (November 24) night, during police interrogation, Abir confessed to the murder of Shishu Ayat and gave a harrowing account.
Regarding the arrest of Abir Ali, the police said on Friday (November 25), the missing child Ayat was killed and thrown into the water in six pieces in the EPZ police station area of Chittagong. Ayat was kidnapped and killed by their tenant’s 19-year-old son Abir Ali for ‘ransom’. PBI conducted raids on him at various places on Friday and recovered evidence. However, the body of the child could not be recovered as the body was washed away in the sea.
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chittagong Police Superintendent Naima Sultana said that 19-year-old Abir Ali was once a tenant of Ayat’s grandfather’s house. Presently he lives in Akmal Ali Road. Worked in a garment factory. After reviewing the CCTV footage of the incident, he was arrested from his home around 11 pm on Thursday.
About Abir, the SP said that six months ago he got a mobile SIM card on the street. He kidnapped someone and bought a new mobile phone to collect the ransom. Thinking that Ayat’s family is rich, he plans to kidnap the child. On the afternoon of November 15, Abir tried to kidnap Ayat. When the child screamed, he was strangled to death. Later, the body was taken to Akmal Ali road house and cut into six pieces. He took the pieces in two bags and threw them in the embankment adjacent to the area.
