“I used to ‘Thirty Four’ or ‘Sunday-Monday Close’ anyone I saw engaging in immoral sexual acts with a madman or beggar,” said Mashiur Rahman Samrat (alias) during police questioning after being arrested in connection with the six murders in Savar.
Inspector (Operations) Helal Uddin of Savar Police Station stated, “Samrat is not mentally ill. Due to excessive substance abuse, he had developed some mental instability. Killing people had become an addiction for him. He referred to murder as ‘Thirty Four’ or ‘Sunday-Monday Close’ in his own words.”
Helal Uddin added, “Mashiur Rahman Samrat is an alias; his real name is different. He used the fake name to stay safe. His residence is not in Savar. He may have committed other crimes elsewhere before coming to Savar, where he adopted a vagrant lifestyle. His real identity will likely be revealed soon.”
According to Helal Uddin, after arriving in Savar, the vagrant serial killer spent most nights at the Model Mosque near the Savar bus stand. On July 4, 2025, after killing an elderly woman named Asma Begum, he moved into an abandoned building of the municipal community center, making the ground floor his base. Since then, bodies were repeatedly discovered inside the community center. In the past five months, five bodies were recovered from the building, prompting regular police surveillance. Samrat was also under suspicion but could not be apprehended due to lack of evidence.
Helal Uddin stated that as part of the surveillance, police visited the community center one Friday night and found a teenage girl lying on Samrat’s bed, with Samrat standing beside her. When questioned, the girl called him her brother and said she had come to the community center three days earlier. The next night (Saturday), Samrat killed her and another person, then burned their bodies. The following day (Sunday), the bodies were recovered. CCTV footage later confirmed Samrat’s involvement in the murders, and he was arrested on Sunday evening. On Monday, he confessed in court to all six murders.
Helal Uddin added that during the day, the vagrant serial killer wandered near the police station, but at night, he could be found on the Dhaka–Aricha highway or footbridges. He would lure vagrant or mentally ill men and women sleeping there into the community center. Those who followed him became his victims.
When asked, Savar Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Arman Ali said, “The killer has been caught and has confessed to the murders. Efforts are now underway to identify the victims.”
He added, “These six murders may not be the only crimes Samrat is involved in. The investigation is ongoing, and we hope all information will come to light.”
