Oishee innocent, says uncle

The plaintiff in the case over the murder of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife told the court that the couple’s daughter, Oishee Rahman, was not involved in the killings.
In his witness deposition Tuesday, plaintiff Mashiur Rahman, brother of the slain Special Branch officer, claimed that his niece was innocent, according to a news agency.
“I strongly believe that my niece did not kill my brother and his wife. My brother was working for the police’s Special Branch (political wing).
"Some miscreant might have killed him over past animosity,” he told the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jahurul Haque.
Oishee was present at the court while her uncle was testifying and cross-examined by the defence counsel. The two hugged after Rahman left the witness dock.
Rahman asserted that his niece’s birth date is Aug 17, 1996.
On Aug 16 last year, Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur and his wife Swapna Begum were stabbed to death at their rented flat in Chamelibagh, Malibagh.
Police recovered their bodies two days after the crime. The same day, schoolgirl Oishee, 19, surrendered at the Paltan Police Station along with housemaid 'Sumi'.