Two more accused confessed to a magistrate today that they were directly involved with the murder of trader Shahinuddin in the capital's Pallabi area on May 16. The accused are Mohammad Sharif and Iqbal Noor. In their statements, Sharif and Noor told the magistrate that they took part in the murder under the leadership of Sumon Bepari as per the direction of former lawmaker
Meanwhile, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today said the murder was preplanned.
The victim s wife Asma Akter conspired the murder with the Dakshinkhan Sardar Para Mosque Imam Abdur Rahman seven days before Ramadan.
Rab arrested Abdur yesterday morning and after collecting information from him recovered Azharul s body from the tank. Rab later also arrested Asma.
Rab said Abdur used to visit the victim s house and teach Arabic to Azharul and his son.
At one point, Abdur and the victim s wife started a relation of which Azharul came to know of in March and he then asked the Imam to not to visit his home any longer, said the Rab official.
March 26 violence: Mamunul, ‘Shishu Bokta’ Rafiqul sent to jail on completion of remand
Mamunul Haque and Rafiqul Islam Madani Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Hefajat-e-Islam s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and Rafiqul Islam Madani, widely known as Shishu Bokta , were sent to jail today on completion of their remand. They were produced before a Dhaka court in three cases filed with Motijheel and Paltan police stations over the recent violence in the capital.
Mamunul was produced before the court on completion of his two-day remand in the case filed with Paltan Police Station over the recent violence in Dhaka cenering Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit on March 26.
Mamunul Haque sent to jail after remand
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DHAKA, May 10, 2021 (BSS) – A court here today sent former joint secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam and general secretary of its Dhaka city unit Mamunul Haque to jail in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the organization’s mayhem in Baitul Mukarram area in March.
Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khair Jesi passed the order as police produced Mamunul before the court after end of his two-day remand in the case (57 (3) 21) and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the conclusion of the probe in the case.
On May 4, a court here placed Mamunul Haque on a total of five-day remand in two separate cases [60 (3) 21] and [57 (3) 21] lodged over the group’s mayhem in the capital.
Two top Hefajat leaders remanded
Khaled Saifullah Ayubi (L) and Maulana Ihteshamul Haque Sakhi. Photo: collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A Dhaka court today placed two leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on different periods of remand in two separate cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem and recent violence in Dhaka.
The leaders are, Khaled Saifullah Ayubi, joint secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam and Maulana Ihteshamul Haque Sakhi, joint office secretary of Hefajat.
Khaled Saifullah was placed on a five-day remand in the case filed with Paltan Police Station over the violence on March 26 protesting the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while Sakhi was placed on a four-day remand in the case filed with the same police station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.