Brishty Khatun's body handed over to her family
Staff Correspondent
After confusion over the identity of a female journalist who was burnt to death in the devastating fire on Bailey Road on 29 February, police finally confirmed her real name was Brishty Khatun, and she used a pen name Ovisruti Shastri.
The result came as the samples of her DNA matched those collected from her parents on Sunday, Additional DIG of Dhaka Metro CID Md Jahangir Hossain Matubbar confirmed.
On Monday afternoon, 11 days after the incident, the body was handed over to her father Sabuj Sheikh from the Dhaka Medical College morgue.
In response to a question from the journalists, the additional DIG said the victim worked in various places using the name of Ovisruti Shastri. That's why confusion was created over her identity and her colleagues claimed she was Hindu. Later they understood and wrote to the police station, to hand over the body to her parents.
Sabuj Sheikh said the truth has been established. “I am her father, I thank Allah thousands and millions.
“Finally, I received the body today. I will take it to my village home. There, she will be buried in the family graveyard with a janaza according to Islamic Sharia,” he added.
Brishty Khatun was the eldest among his three daughters.
Following due procedures, around 2:55pm, Sabuj Sheikh left Dhaka with Birshty’s body.
