Suspended SI stays as complainant
The charge sheet in the sensational Samiul Alam Rajon murder case shows a suspended police official as the complainant, although his role in saving the killers of the 13-year-old boy was proved in a probe.
Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Jalalabad police in Sylhet was suspended on July 24 after the police probe found his negligence in arresting the killers. One more SI was suspended and the officer-in-charge of the same police station was closed on the same ground.
On July 14, the SI was withdrawn allegedly for cutting a deal with prime accused Kamrul Islam and helping him flee to Saudi Arabia after the killing.
As the matter came to the fore yesterday, Rajon's father Sheikh Azizur Rahman said: "How come a person who tried to save my son's killers could be the complainant? I cannot accept this."
He said he would file a no confidence petition with a Sylhet court once he got the copy of the charge sheet.
"I would be happy when the main accused is brought back and punished," Azizur told The Daily Star.
Suranjit Talukder, investigation officer in the case, however said as per law, the person who files the case becomes the first complainant and main witness in the charge sheet.
"That is why Aminul Islam was kept as the complainant. He will narrate the incident before the court," said Suranjit, also an inspector of the Detective Branch of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP).
The case was later redrafted with more names included on the list of the accused. This time, Rajon's father was made the complainant.
But in the charge sheet submitted by IO Suranjit on Sunday, Azizur was shown as the second witness followed by Rajon's mother Lubna Begum and uncle Al Amin.
Alamgir Hossain, the closed officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station, was also listed as a witness.
As many as 38 people have been made witnesses in the case and 29 of them are locals, according to the charge sheet.
Rajon was beaten to death on July 8 by Kamrul and several others in Kumargaon Bus Stand area of Sylhet Sadar upazila. One of culprits filmed the incident on a mobile phone and shared it on Facebook, triggering outcries in the social network and the mainstream media.
Kamrul fled to Saudi Arabia soon after the incident. He was later caught by the Bangladeshi community in Jeddah and handed over to Saudi police. The Bangladesh government continues its diplomatic efforts to bring him back.
Of the 13 charge-sheeted accused, 10 are now in police custody, while two others, except for Kamrul, are on the run.
A Sylhet court has fixed August 24 for hearing to decide on the acceptance of the charge sheet.
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