Main accused confesses to killing Suma of Barguna
Alleged Barguna stalker Mohsin gave his confessional statement while police recovered a sharp weapon used to chop college girl Suma Aktar yesterday.
Main accused Mohsin Shikdar was arrested at about 7:00pm Sunday from a Dhaka-bound launch at Jhalakathi terminal, said Mahbub Hakim, police superintendent of Barguna.
Police and court sources said Mohsin yesterday gave his confessional statement before chief judicial magistrate of Barguna Md Abdur Rob.
In the statement Mohsin claimed that he was in love with Suma for long and had proposed the girl and her family to solemnise their wedlock before his going abroad for service, the sources said.
As Suma and her family refused to accept the proposal he decided to eliminate Suma so that none can marry her, Mohsin said in his statement.
Mohsin said none but he himself chopped Suma.
Meanwhile, Sub-Inspector Faruk Khan, investigation officer of the case, said police recovered the dao (cleaver) used to chop Suma from the bamboo cluster of Razzak Chowkidar in the area.
Locals said Suma Aktar, 18, a higher secondary student, was severely chopped by stalker Mohsin Shikdar, 29, and his friends on Saturday morning.
Seriously injured in the legs, hand and body, Suma saved her life by jumping into a canal. The young men also attacked her father, neighbours said.
Suma was rescued by the locals and sent to trauma center in the capital on Sunday night in a critical condition after being treated at Barguna General Hospital and then at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal.
Two of Mohsin's friends -- Sohrab and Alamin, were also accused in the case lodged in this connection by Yunus Howladar, father of the victim.
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