Murdering parents: Oishee’s verdict Nov 12

A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case filed against Oishee Rahman for killing her parents – Mahfuzur Rahman, an inspector of police’s special branch, and Swapna Rahman – in 2013.

Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 Judge Md Sayeed Ahmed passed the order in presence of Oishee and her two friends Asaduzzaman Johnny and Mizanur Rahman Roni.

The bodies of Mahfuzur and his wife were recovered at their Chamelibagh residence in Dhaka on August 16, 2013.

Detectives pressed charges against her, Johnny, Roni and domestic help Khadiza Akter Sumi in the case. 

According to the charge sheets, Oishee alone killed her parents, Jony instigated the murders and Rony gave her shelter after the incident. Sumi has been accused of assisting Oishee in concealing the bodies.

The charge sheet also said the couple had been given seven sedatives mixed in tea or coffee before they were killed.

Trial against the child domestic help, Sumi, 11, now on bail, is pending with the First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka, a juvenile court.