RAB quiz wife of slain AL leader Tipu

The Rapid Action Battalion (AB) have interrogated Farhana Islam Dolly, the wife of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu, who was shot dead in the city's Shahjahanpur on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.
The elite force took Dolly, a Dhaka South City Corporation reserve ward councillor, to the RAB-3 office in Tikatuli around 10:00 pm on Monday. Later they dropped her at home around midnight.
Dolly said the authorities spoke to her prior to the press briefing to see if she had any information. "They wanted to know if he [Tipu] had shared any information with me as I'm his wife. They asked if I suspected anyone. They also wanted to know about the current political situation in ward 10," she said.
When asked, RAB-3 chief Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin said they spoke to Tipu's wife to 'get some information' from her.
Tipu (55), former general secretary of the Awami League's Motijheel unit in Dhaka, was shot dead in the city's Shahjahanpur on Thursday night. A 22-year-old bystander, Samia Afnan Prity, also died in the attack when she was hit by a stray bullet.
On Friday, Dolly filed a case over the incident. No suspects were named.
Tipu was a suspect in the murder case of Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky a decade ago. He received a death threat over the phone four to five days ago, his wife mentioned in the case dossier.
Police arrested one Masum Mohammad Akash from Bogura three days after the killing.
Akash was hired to kill Tipu, Additional Commissioner of Detective Police Hafiz Akter said in a press briefing.
They, however, could not provide further information on who hired Akash to kill Tipu.
On Monday, political leaders and activists reported that the RAB 'picked Dolly up from her home'. Later that night, around forty leaders and activists gathered in front of Dolly's house in Khilgaon. They said the RAB had brought her back home.
Journalists were not allowed to enter Dolly's home afterwards. One of her relatives said she was 'quite sick' and could not walk properly as her legs were swollen.
"That's why she didn't want to go to the RAB office at night, but the officers forced her to go. Three of her female relatives accompanied her."
"I demanded that the killers should be caught and they arrested one of them. But he was hired by someone. Tipu had no feud with this killer. I'm not happy about it. I believe they should arrest those who planned Tipu's murder," Dolly told the news agency by phone.
She also said those who masterminded Tipu's murder must have strong connections and the law enforcers should arrest them too.
"Who are the masterminds? This culture of murder will never end unless the criminals are punished properly. Simply arresting one killer and not the masterminds will pose a risk to me and my children. We won't be safe. This is what I told RAB," Dolly said.