Only accused in Chattogram’s shocking 2012 triple murder case freed on bail
The accused confessed to committing the crime during police interrogation and also gave a confessional statement in court
Tarek Chowdhury, the sole accused in the brutal 2012 killing of a mother and her two children in Chattogram, has been released on bail.
He walked out of Chattogram Central Jail today (27 June) after the prison authorities verified his bail documents.
According to court sources, the trial of the high-profile murder case is being held at the Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal, where witness testimonies are ongoing.
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Senior Jail Superintendent Md Iqbal Hossain confirmed Tarek's release, saying, "After the bail documents were thoroughly reviewed and verified, the accused was released following the legal procedure."
The incident occurred on 23 October 2012 at a fourth-floor apartment in the "Ma-Moni Villa" building in the port city's Khatiber Hat area under Panchlaish Police Station, where Dolly Akter, 30, wife of expatriate Anwar Hossain, and her son Alvi, 9, and daughter Adiba Payel, 5, were found brutally hacked to death.
Police arrested Tarek, the family's private tutor, two days after the murders. He later confessed to committing the crime during police interrogation and also gave a confessional statement in court.
On 26 February 2013, the case investigating officer, now Officer-in-Charge of Panchlaish police Mohammad Solaiman, submitted a charge sheet naming Tarek as the sole accused.
The charge sheet stated that Tarek committed the murders out of anger over being underpaid for his tutoring services and driven by greed for an expensive mobile phone.
