Killer of Seema Banu and children will be produced in court today; Accused was found with the aid of CCTV footage

DUBLIN: The man who killed a mother and her two children will be produced in court today.The accused was found, with the help of CCTV footage, in a case where there were many suspicions and mysteries. He is being questioned in custody. He will be taken to court in Dún Laoghaire this morning.

He was asked to explain his movements in the days before the bodies were found. Garda focuses on the discrepancies in his statement compared to the evidence obtained from the video footage. There are several discrepancies in his statement regarding the hours after the murder. The Gardai is checking his phone records.

He came to Seema Banu’s house wearing a hijab to avoid being identified. (Gardai has not yet publicly revealed whether the culprit was a family member with close ties to the victims). He was called in for questioning and was later arrested by detectives.

Seema Banu (37), her daughter Asfira Riza (11), and son Faizan Syed (6), were found dead on October 28 at their home in Ballinteer, south Dublin. The bodies were found in a search by gardai after neighbours reported the death days later. The neighbour said he hadn’t seen the family outside for several days.

Seema’s family in India has been informed about his arrest. The family had footage of Seema being attacked earlier. The family had earlier given it to Gardai. The Garda sources said they were trying to gather as much evidence as they could in the case.

Seema Banu’s family and relatives are relieved to have caught the brutal killer, even though the separation of close ones is unbearable.