Banasree 2-kid murder: Mother on fresh remand

A Dhaka court today placed Mahfuza Malek Jasmine on a fresh five-day remand in connection with murder of her two children in Banasree area.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj passed the order after Lokman Hakim, an inspector of Detective Branch and also the investigation officer of the case, sought her in 10-day remand for interrogation.

On March 4, Mahfuza was placed on a five-day remand in the case.

Nusrat Aman Aroni, 14, and her brother Alvi Aman, 6, were found unconscious at their apartment and declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on February 29.

Three days later, Rapid Action Battalion told the press that they were killed by their mother out of her “concerns about their future.” And Mahfuza made up a food-poisoning story to cover it up.

According to Rab, she first strangled her daughter Nusrat and then son Alvi. Following the revelation, the father of the siblings Amanullah filed a case against his wife.

So far, five people have been picked up for questioning in this regard.