Rony refuses to confess to killing Chanpa Rani
During interrogation on Monday, stalker Devashish Saha Rony did not confess to killing Chanpa Rani Bhowmik, said Mohammad Ali Khondaker, investigation officer (IO) of the murder case.
Rony said he had been proposing Hira, one of Chanpa's daughters, for the last five months to which she had never consented. Her reluctance had angered him, he said.
The investigation officer quoted Rony as saying that the killing of Chanpa Rani was an accident, not intentional, reports our correspondent.
Chanpa Rani, 45, an employee of Faridpur Sugar Mill, died after Rony ran his bike over her on October 26 for trying to protect her twin daughters Hira and Mukta from harassment by stalkers.
A special team of law enforcers arrested Rony at a motor garage at Arabpur in Jhenidah town at around 10:30am on October 31.
He was produced in the Cognisance court-4 in Faridpur Monday afternoon with a prayer for a 10-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Mominul Hasan placed him on a three-day remand.
A Sirajganj court yesterday sent stalker Sushil Kumar Mondol to jail in connection with death of Rupali Rani of Raiganj upazila in the district, according to a correspondent.
Rupali Rani, a class IX student of Simabari SR Girls' School of Bogra bordering Sirajganj, hanged herself from a ceiling beam at around 8:30am on Monday after stalker Sushil, 18, kidnapped her and kept her confined to a room of his residence in Sirajganj.
Sushil kidnapped Rani around 6:30am on her way to a coaching centre in Sirajganj. He also forcefully put vermilion on her forehead to imply that she was married to him according to Hindu custom.
Seeing Rani's body hanging from the ceiling, Sushil tried to flee, but locals caught him and handed him over to police.
Locals said Sushil had been harassing Rani with unwelcome advances on her way to and from school and the coaching centre over the last few months.
Rani's brother Kanak Kumar filed a case with Raiganj police in connection with his sister's death.
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