Arrest order for 3 fugitive accused
A Sylhet court yesterday issued an arrest warrant against three fugitives and ordered confiscation of their moveable property in the sensational 13-year-old Samiul Islam Rajon murder case.
The Court of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Shahedul Karim issued the arrest warrant against the trio, including prime accused Kamrul Islam, after accepting the charge sheet.
The court also fixed August 31 for hearing on charge framing.
Rajon's father Sheikh Azizur Rahman has meanwhile filed a petition to become complainant of the case instead of suspended Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Jalalabad police as the latter's role in saving the killers was proved in a probe.
The court ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate movable property of the three accused -- Kamrul Islam, his brother Shamim Alam and another Pavel Islam -- General Registrar SI Foyez of the court told The Daily Star.
Rajon's father said he was happy but would be more pleased if the SI was not made complainant of the case.
Sylhet Public Prosecutor Misbah Uddin Shiraj said, “Kamrul, his associate Shamim and Pavel were mentioned as absconding in the charge sheet.”
Detective Branch of police Inspector Suranjit Talukdar, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet making Kamrul the prime accused.
Eight of the accused have already given confessional statements under section 164 of the penal code before a court.
Rajon, the ill-fated teenager, was tortured to death by a group of people at Kumargaon on the outskirts of Sylhet city around 7:30am on July 8.
One of the accused also filmed the torture of the boy.
A 28-minute video footage, recorded by a mobile phone, shows the victim tied to a pole in front of a workshop in the still-closed Sultan Ali Market beside the Dhaka-Sunamganj road.
Bangladeshi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Golam Mosih has meanwhile told BBC Bangla that the Saudi authorities have approved an application for sending Kamrul back to Bangladesh.
He would be repatriated in three to four weeks, the ambassador added.
Kamrul fled to Saudi Arabia soon after the incident. He was later caught by the Bangladeshi community in Jeddah and handed over to the Saudi police.
Legal procedure is underway, the ambassador said.
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