Saad, jailed over mother's murder, finally gets bail after 3 accused admit his innocence

A Bogura court today (27 November) granted bail to Saad bin Azizur, who was sent to jail after a 3-day remand in a case over killing of his mother, Umme Salma, in Bogura.

Bogura Senior District and Sessions Judge Shahjahan Kabir passed the order, Saad's lawyer Utpal Kumar Bagchi told The Business Standard.

"After a detailed police investigation and reviewing the 164 statements of the three main accused in the court, it was found that Saad had no involvement in the murder," the lawyer said.

Saad's father, Azizur Rahman, said, "It took a long time to get my son's bail. Now we demand justice for my wife and want the real culprits to be punished."

Earlier on 11 November, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Saad on the charge of killing his mother. He was later remanded for three days.

The following day the RAB issued a statement, where the elite force claimed Salma's own son Saad had killed her and has confessed to the killing.

On 15 November, police said 50-year-old Salma was murdered by one of her tenants in her house in Bogura's Dupachachia upazila on 10 November, contradicting RAB's statement.

Police said Mabia Begum, a tenant at Salma's house, killed her with the help of two of her male cohorts.

The three new suspects, who were arrested last on 14 November, gave confessional statements to the Dupachaia Cognisance Court about killing Salma, Faridpur Police Spokesperson Additional Superintendent Suman Ranjan Sarker told The Business Standard.

The three accused are currently in jail in this case.