Forkan Molla, the main accused in the murder of five people, including his wife, three daughters and brother-in-law, in Kapasia, Gazipur, jumped into the middle of the Padma River with his mobile phone. The scene of him jumping wearing a shirt and black pants was seen in the CCTV footage of the Padma Bridge. Since then, no trace of him (Farkan) has been found. However, his mobile phone was recovered from Meherpur.

Gazipur Superintendent of Police Sharif Uddin gave this information at a press conference in his office on Thursday afternoon.

The murder took place on the night of May 8 at the rented house of expatriate Monir Hossain in Rautkona village of Kapasia upazila in Gazipur. The next morning, police recovered the bodies of five people from that house.

Accused Forkan is the son of Atiyar Rahman of Meri Gopinathpur village of Sadar upazila of Gopalganj. The deceased are his wife Sharmin Akhtar (30), daughters Meem Khanam (15), Umme Habiba (8) and Faria (2) and brother-in-law Rasul Mia (23). Sharmin is the daughter of Shahadat Hossain of Paikkandi Uttar Charpara village in Gopalganj Sadar.

Shahadat Hossain filed a murder case with Kapasia Police Station, naming three to four unidentified people as accused in the murder. Forkan's village is in Meri Gopinathpur in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila. He has been absconding since the incident.

The father bought chocolates and chips from a shop with his children on the night of the murder.

According to family and local sources, Forkan and Sharmin got married about 17 years ago. After living in Dhaka for a few years after their marriage, they started living in Kapasia in Gazipur six months ago. Forkan is a private car driver.

At the press conference, Superintendent of Police Sharif Uddin said that with the help of information technology, the mobile phone used by the accused (Forkan) was recovered from the Sadar Police Station area of ​​Meherpur on May 11. The truck driver's helper saw the mobile phone lying next to the railing in the middle of the Padma Bridge at approximately 6:50 am that day and picked it up. Later, after investigation and reviewing the CCTV camera footage of the Padma Bridge, it was found that at 6:42 am, a man wearing a white shirt and black pants got down from a white private car in the middle of the bridge. Later, he left something at the place where the mobile phone was located and stayed for 2-3 minutes and at one stage jumped over the railing of the bridge and jumped into the Padma River.

The householder called his brother and said, "I am cheating everyone, I will never find me again."

Sharif Uddin also said that the person who jumped into the Padma River is accused Forkan Molla (40). It is initially believed that he premeditatedly killed his wife, three daughters and brother-in-law and then jumped into the river from the Padma Bridge to commit suicide. However, his body has not been found yet.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Kaliganj Circle) Md. Asaduzzaman was present at the press conference.