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Alleged killer of 3 nephews released on bail


Published : 30 Dec 2019 08:44 PM | Updated : 05 Sep 2020 12:53 AM

Family members of killed three children are worried when the lone killer uncle Iqbal Hossain Mia at Kabirpur village of Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah was released on bail a week ago after suffering for four years in the prison. Although Iqbal confessed the killing of the three nephews, the reason behind the trio killing incident could not be detected yet.

Three children Shiplu, 10, and his younger brother Amin, 8, both sons of Delwar Hossain Dilu, an assistant teacher of Shailkupa pilot high school and the son of Dilu’s sister namely Mahim, 14, son of school teacher Jesmin Akter and businessman Rasheedul Hasan of the village were burnt alive when their uncle, a sub assistant marine engineer has set them on fire spraying gas or petroleum like substances in his room in the municipal town on January 2 of 2016. 

The local people had caught the killer uncle Iqbal Hossain, the eldest brother of Dilu was handed over to police immediate after the incident. The matter was published in all daily newspapers and television channels aired elaborate programmes on the incident and huge protests were staged round the country against the heinous killing of three nephews by own uncle in his room.

The family members then said Iqbal invited Shiplu, Amin and her sister in law’s lone son Mahim to enjoy computer games with his laptop in his room at about 6.30 PM. 

Golam Nabi Mia, father of both Iqbal and Dilu when contacted then, said they want the highest punishment to Iqbal as he had killed his three grandsons without any ground. But he had changed his attitude and trying t save his killer so-n Iqbal. Locals said the attitude of the grandfather Golam Nabi was changed and he had made all arrangement of releasing his killer son from the court.

The then investigation officer (IO) of the trio killing case sub inspector, also the acting officer in charge of Shailkuipa police station, Emdad Hossain then informed that the police had submitted charge sheet against Iqbal Hossain Mia, the lone accused in the killing incidents of the three innocent boys. 

Shailkupa police station officer in charge when contacted said, the case was under trial and the accused was suffering in prison for last four years. A number of witnesses have given deposition against killer Iqbal Mia in the court, OC informed.

Shiplu and Amin’s father Delwar Hossain Dilu when contacted said they had been demanding exemplary punishment to the killer of the trio. Otherwise this sort of murder or cri0me could not be stopped, Dilu Mia said.

Mention may be made here that Iqbal called his younger brother’s two sons Shiplu and Amin and her sister’s son Mahim to enjoy computer games with his laptop in his room at about 6.30 PM. on January 2 of 2016. But he killed them setting them on fire. The trio was also tortured physically in the room before killing.  Shiplu and Amin were killed on the spot, while Mahim at Jhenidah Sadar hospital during the night.