A Dhaka court has placed Jarezul Islam, and his girlfriend Shamima Akter, on a five-day remand in the case involving the recovery of the dismembered body of Rangpur businessman Ashraful Haque, found inside a plastic drum in front of the High Court.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Israt Jennifer Jerin granted the remand order on Saturday evening.
Earlier, the investigation officer sought a seven-day remand, after which the court approved five days.
SI Jinnat Ali from the prosecution confirmed the information.
Police have initially stated that the murder took place due to an extramarital affair.
According to police sources, at a house in Donia, Shanir Akhra of Kadamtali, Dhaka, Shamina and the victim’s friend Jarez Mia killed Rangpur businessman Ashraful Haque and, two days later, dismembered the body in the bathroom. Jarez Mia has been detained by the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB), and Shamina by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Earlier, on Thursday evening, police from Shahbagh police station recovered 26 body parts inside two blue barrels left on the footpath beside the water-pump area near the National Eidgah ground.
Initially, the identity could not be determined, but law enforcement later confirmed it to be Ashraful Haque of Badarganj, Rangpur through fingerprint analysis.
Meanwhile, on Friday afternoon, the post-mortem examination of the 26 body parts was completed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue.
The victim’s sister, Anjira Begum, said that Ashraful ran a raw-materials business in the village. He lived there with his wife, Lucky Begum, and their two children.
Last Tuesday, Ashraful travelled to Dhaka with his friend Jarezul. The family also knew that Ashraful owed money to several people, including some in Narayanganj, due to his business and other dealings.
On Friday, Anjira Begum filed a murder case at Shahbagh police station.
In this case, Ashraful’s friend Jarezul was named the prime accused.
