Motorbike used by killers of police SP's wife found

The motorcycle used by the assailants to murder police official Babul Akter’s wife yesterday was found abandoned in Chittagong city’s Badurtala area.

Panchlaish police found the bike in Baro Garage area around 2:00am, said Ashik Mahiuddin, assistant commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.

There have been no arrests thus far in the incidents, our local correspondent reports. Police have CCTV footages and spotted three bike-riding suspects with one carrying pistol.

Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of Babul Akter, was first hacked and then shot to death before her six-year-old son in broad daylight and near the populated GEC intersection in Chittagong city.

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It is being suspected that the murder was carried out to settle a score with Babul – who had a successful run in clamping down militancy in Chittagong with an iron fist.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said it is the work of militants.