Six remanded over Badda 4-murder
UNB
A Dhaka court yesterday placed six people, arrested in connection with the killing four people in the capitals Maddhya Badda area in August last year, on a three-day remand each, reports UNB.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haq passed the order when DB inspector Fazlul Karim produced them before the court with 10-day remand prayer for each, said sub-inspector Masum Mia. Those remanded are Harunur Rashid Jewel,28, Mozahidul Islam, 21,Safayet Ullah,26, Rahat Hossain Kabbyo, 18, Iqbal Ahmed,23, and Shah Paran Hossain Raju,21.
Besides, the court also put Jewel and Mozahidul on a three-day remand each in an arms case.
Earlier on Saturday night, detectives arrested six people, including the prime accused in the murder case, from different parts of the city. Police also recovered two firearms and four rounds of bullets from them.
Briefing reporters at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) headquarters, Additional Commissioner and head of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP Monirul Islam said tipped off, a DB team launched simultaneous drives in Badda area on Saturday and arrested the six suspects in connection with the four-murder.
During preliminary interrogation, prime suspect Jewel revealed the reason behind the killings and also disclosed the names of the people involved in the killings, Monirul Islam said.
On August 13, 2015, a gang of miscreants opened fire on four people, including Mahbubur Rahman Gama, cultural affairs secretary of Dhaka (North) city unit of Swechchhasebak League, Shamsuzzaman Shamsu, AL ward-6 president of Maddhya Badda area, Manik, manager of a local hospital, and Abdus Salam, senior vice-president of the Badda union unit of Jubo League, while they were gossiping near the Water Tank at Adarsha Nagar in Middle Badda, leaving them severely injured.
Of them, Shamsu, Manik and Gama were admitted to United Hospital at Gulshan where the former two succumbed to their injuries soon after their admission and Gama died the following day. Salam was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he died 3/4 days later. Matiur Rahman, father of Mahbubur Rahman filed a case with Badda Police Station.
