[Dhaka Tribune] Rangpur Special Court’s missing Special Public Prosecutor Rathish Chandra Bhowmik was killed on the night of March 29, Director General of RAB Benazir Ahmed told a press briefing on Wednesday.Benazir said that Rathish’s wife Deepa Bhowmik and her lover were involved in the murder.
"We think that Rathish was killed on the basis of family conflicts and his wife’s extramarital affair," said Benazir.
"After interrogating Deepa Bhowmik, we came to know that the plan for Rathish’s murder was hatched two months ago," he continued. "However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
it could be not executed till March 29 because of various reasons."
According to RAB-13 Acting Commander Maj Gen Armeen Rabbi, Rathish’s corpse was recovered based on his wife’s and her alleged lover’s confessions.
At around 11pm on Tuesday, RAB picked up Deepa from her house. During her interrogation, she confessed that her husband’s body had been hidden in a construction site owned by her alleged lover’s brother, Khademul Islam Jafri, in the Mohallapara area of Tajhat, Rangpur.
Deepa and Jafri accompanied RAB to recover Rathish’s body, which was covered in a sack and stowed under the construction site.