Narayanganj: Detectives pressed charges against Mahfuz, the lone accused in the sensational Narayanganj five-murder case, with a local court on Wednesday.

Inspector Abul Khayer of the Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted a charge sheet to the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, reported UNB.

On January 21, Mahfuz, a nephew of the complainant of the murder case Shafiqul Islam, confessed to killing five members of a family.

The deceased were Taslima Begum, 35, wife of Shafiqul Islam, a private car driver in capital Dhaka, their children Sumaiya, 5, and Shantu, 10, Taslima’s brother Morshedul, 22, and Lamia, 25, who was married to Shafiqul’s brother Sharif.

In his statement, accused Mahfuz told the court that he killed them to avenge his slain aunt Lamia as she had refused his proposal for developing an illicit relationship with him.