The wife of slain Barguna youth Rifat Sharif, Ayesha Siddiqua Minni, has confessed in front of a court, said police.

She confessed in front of the court of Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Sirajul Islam Gazi on Friday (Jul 19), said Barguna Sadar police station Inspector and also the investigating officer, Humayun Kabir.

He added that she provided the confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure at around 3pm.

Minni was placed on a five-day remand on Wednesday (Jul 17) for her alleged involvement in the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

On Thursday (Jul 18), the police said that she had confessed to being involved in Rifat’s murder during the remand.

A group of assailants stabbed Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife Minni outside Barguna Government College on the morning of Jun 26.

A video of the attack later went viral on the internet, which sparked outrage throughout the country. Two men were seen hacking Rifat with sharp weapons as Minni desperately tried to save him.

He was taken to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

In the same day, the victim’s father, Dulal Sharif, started a case against 12 people, including key suspects Sabbir Ahmed Nayan alias Nayan Bond, who was later killed in a ‘shootout’ and Rifat Farazi.