Narayanganj Seven Murder

Narayanganj Seven Murder is the primarily enforced disappearance and eventually the murder of seven people including a panel-mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation and a lawyer in April 2014.[1][2]

History

Nazrul Islam, a panel mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation who was in good terms with Mayor Ivy Rahman, with three associates and his driver went missing from Fatullah area of Narayanganj on April 27 of 2014. His lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker who was following the car of Nazrul Islam, also went missing on the same day with his driver from the same place. Within one week of the event, the dead bodies of the victims were seen floating on the Shitalakshya River on which the Narayanganj District stands on.[3] Two cases were filed in connection with the murders. Nazrul’s wife Selina Islam Beauty filed a case against six people, including former councillor Nur Hossain, while Chandan’s son-in-law Bijoy Kumar Paul filed the other case against some unknown people. Nazrul's father-in-law Shahidul Islam alleged that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel abducted and killed Nazrul in exchange for Tk 6 crore from local ward councillor Nur Hossain.[4]

Investigation

Several probe committees were formed by the government, Police and RAB. CID was given the charge to investigate the case as per the directive of the High Court while the government assigned Detective Branch of Police with the task. On November 12 of 2014, the Supreme Court after hearing a petition of attorney general exempted CID from the investigation.[5] More than a year later, on June 4 of 2015, the High Court directed RAB, the government’s seven-member probe committee, the inspector general of police and the CID to submit progress reports on their investigations.[2] RAB found 21 of its members including three top officials of RAB-11 unit involved in the incident.[6]

The three top official of RAB 11 unit Lt Colonel Tareque Sayeed, Lt Commander Masud Rana and Major Arif Hossain made confessions of their involvement in the case.[7][8] All the three top officials of RAB, including Tareque Sayeed, who is the son-in-law of Food and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury were sent to forced retirement by the military forces of the country.[6] Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the case who fled to India after the murders took place, was arrested in Kolkata on June 14, 2015. On November 12, 2015, Indian government handed over Nur Hossain to Bangladesh.[2]

Trial

After years of investigation, the Detective Branch of Police pressed a charge sheet against 35 people on April 8, 2015.[9] On February 8, after a number of hearings, the Narayanganj court indicted all the 35 names of the charge sheet for the seven murder incident.[10] The formal trial of the case in Narayanganj began on February 29 of 2016 and the process in ongoing.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Murdered brutally, dumped into river". The Daily Star. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  2. 1 2 3 "Five cops testify in seven-murder case". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Shitalakkhya: River of the floating dead". The Daily Star. 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. ↑ "A Chandpur MP's son brokered it". The Daily Star. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Only DB to investigate 7-murder". The Daily Star. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  6. 1 2 "Rab finds 21 of its men involved". The Daily Star. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  7. ↑ "Confession, finally". The Daily Star. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  8. ↑ "Maj Arif makes confession". The Daily Star. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  9. ↑ "RAB's Tareq among 35 charged with Narayanganj seven murders". Dhaka Tribune. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  10. ↑ "35 indicted in Narayanganj 7-murder cases". The Daily Star. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  11. ↑ "Formal trial begins". The Independent. Dhaka. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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