Follow-up
Police may seek remand of Shelly Rani's husband, three in-laws
Husband and three in-laws arrested in connection with the mysterious death of housewife Shelly Rani Deb and her two minor children at Chhoykut village in Kamalganj upazila were sent to Moulvibazar district jail through the court on Monday evening.
Bodies of Shelly Rani Deb, 30, her son Uzzal Deb, 3, and daughter Oishi Deb, 2, were recovered from a pond at her husband's house at Chhoykut village on Sunday morning.
Shelly's father Benu Deb filed a murder case with Kamalganj police station and police arrested Shelly's husband Asit Chandra Deb Khukon, 35, mother-in-law Anjali Rani Deb, 62, brothers-in-law Bijoy Chandra Deb, 29, and Ajoy Chandra Deb, 32, in this connection.
"On Saturday evening, Shelly had a quarrel with me over a family issue and that night she along with her two her children went to bed without preparing the dinner for the family. At about 7:00am the next morning, dead bodies of Shelly and two her children were found at a nearby pond," Anjali Rani Deb, mother-in-law of Shelly Rani Deb, told the journalists before her arrest.
She claimed that her daughter-in-law committed suicide.
Shelly's husband Asit Chandra Deb, regarded as a 'boka' (fool) in the area, was seen crying in front of the bodies of his wife and children on Sunday morning, locals said.
Asit married Shelly Rani, daughter of Benu Deb of Kodupur village under Moulvibazar Sadar upazila, five years ago. Asit's two unmarried brothers Bijoy Chandra Deb, 29, and Ajoy Chandra Deb, 32, live in the joint family with their widow mother Anjali Rani Deb.
"Anjali Rani and her daughter-in-law Shelly Rani often quarrelled and we heard their shouting," Md Masud Miah, a neighbour of Asit Chandra Deb, told the reporters.
Asit Chandra Deb's uncle Amar Chandra Deb also told about Shelly Rani's bad relation with in-laws.
Maya Dhar, general secretary of Moulvibazar district unit of Mohila Parishad, who along with a team visited Chhoykut village and talked to the victims' family members and neighbours, said the triple murder seems to a planned one.
"We hope the post mortem report of Shelly Rani and her two children will be available by Thursday. Police will seek remand of the four arrested people to the court to interrogate them," said Sudhin Chandra Das, sub-inspector of Kamalganj police station, and investigation officer of the case.
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