Couple murder: Cops making list of close relatives/President condoles death of journalist Pathik Saha

President condoles death of journalist Pathik Saha

DHAKA, Jan 30 (BSS) - President Zillur Rahman today expressed his deep shock at the death of chief reporter of Bangladesh Protidin and former general secretary of Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) Pathik Saha.

In a message of condolence, he said the nation has lost a potential journalist in the death of Pathik Saha. "The contributions of Pathik Shaha remain memorable," he added.

The President conveyed sympathy to members of the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.

Pathik Saha died of cardiac arrest at his Lalmatia residence yesterday.

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Couple murder: Cops making list of close relatives

Investigators and detectives are making a list of relatives of the slain couple -- Farhad Khan and his wife Rahima Khatun -- as they initially suspected that the close ones might have been involved in the double murder.

The plainclothes police said they have collected finger and foot prints from the house and the bodies as they believe that this will help them to detect the criminals who carried out the killing mission.

"We're making a list of those who often visited the Nayapaltan house of the victims. After making the list, we'll step up vigilance on them," a senior official of the detective branch (DB) of police said.

"We're not cent per cent sure but the collected clues lead to speculation about the relatives and close ones of the deceased," said Sub-Inspector Zillur Rahman, investigation officer (IO) of the killing case.

The SI said they have started talking with the relatives of the deceased to discover the motive behind the murders.

Police Thursday evening recovered the slaughtered bodies of senior journalist of the Bangla daily, Dainik Janata, Farhad Khan and his wife Rahima Khatun after breaking the door of their bedroom.


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