Nur Hossain's aide held
Another associate of Nur Hossain, prime suspect of the septuple murder in Narayanganj, was arrested yesterday.
Mortuza Zaman Churchill, who used to work as a bodyguard of the absconding Nur Hossain, was held by the Detective Branch (DB) of police from the residence of his in-laws in Salam Khar Dangi village of Faridpur around 3:00am.
Sunil Kumar, officer-in-charge of Faridpur DB, told our correspondent that Churchill was on the run and was caught based on a tip off.
With Churchill, total 30 people have been detained in this connection.
Talking to our Faridpur correspondent, Churchill claimed that he was on the run because he was scared.
“I last talked to Nur Hossain on April 27. After that I was not in touch with him. I have been in hiding in Harirampur and Jhitka of Manikganj, Fulbaria, Keraniganj, Narsingdi, Nabinagar, Kaliganj of Gazipur and Dohar before coming to Faridpur on Wednesday,” he said.
He said he had been Hossain's bodyguard for three years.
Meanwhile, law enforcers have prepared a list of people involved with the 7-murder incident based on information gleaned from interrogating sacked army official Major Arif Hossain and navy officer Lt Commander MM Rana.
Sources who had seen their statements given to police said that the name of a certain top official of the Rapid Action Battalion has come up as having given the order to kill. His name is being withheld because The Daily Star could not obtain the copy of the statements to cross check.
What is the police doing about the Rab top boss then?
"We are conducting an investigation to reach an end, not to target a certain person. However, if any name crops up during the investigation, we will surely examine it,” said Superintendent Khandakar Mahiduddin of Narayanganj police.
In another development, Shakhawat Hossain, legal counsel for the law enforcers and president of the Narayanganj Lawyers' Association, claims to have been given a "death threat" on Thursday evening.
“I was about to return home from the court … Suddenly, some people approached me and said, 'You are going too far by involving the Rab (in the incident). If you continue doing this, we will make you disappear. Do not cross your line,''' Shakhawat told The Daily Star.
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