Bengladeshi immigrant decapitated his Brooklyn landlord, burned his face, and robbed him

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1/8/14, "Tenant Charged In Brooklyn Landlord's Grisly Murder," Gothamist.com

"The NYPD has charged a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant in the brutal slaying of his landlord Monday night. Rasel Siddiquee reportedly confessed to the murder of Mahuddin Mahmud, a 57-year-old businessman and father of three who was found nearly decapitated with his face burned in a building he owned on McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn. Mahmud's brother and wife made the horrifying discovery shortly after midnight Tuesday when they went looking for him.

"I saw my brother's dead body, he don't move," Mabil Mahmud told ABC 7. "I say, 'Oh my God, oh my God, my brother, my brother.'" Mahmud, who immigrated to the US from Bangladesh decades ago, owned an electronics store on McDonald Avenue and had his office in the basement of the Kensington building. Siddiquee also rented an apartment from Mahmud in the basement.

Siddiquee's alleged motive is still unclear, but family members say money was stolen from a safe in Mahmud's office. Another brother of Mahmud tells the Post, "My brother had a money exchange, check cashing, and gold business. He had a jewelry store with a big locker and they took everything. There was a combination and a key so I don’t know how they took it. Maybe $20,000 worth taken. It was in the safe and the safe was open."
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Police sources tell the tabloid that Mahmud called 911 for help at approximately 8 p.m. on Monday but cops who responded to the call didn't check the basement, and no upstairs tenants reported any disturbance.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said, "We are also basically conducting a full range of interviews with other people in the building to determine whether there were threats made against the victim in the past from known individuals. We’re effectively trying to recreate what might have prompted a very significant injury to the individual during the course of this homicide." Siddiquee is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon."


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