Rab detains Nur Hossain's driver
Rapid Action Battalion yesterday detained a driver of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder, in Patuakhali Sadar upazila.
Mizanur Rahman Dipu, 32, was rounded up around 1:30pm, said Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, director at Legal and Media Wing of Rab.
The detainee is from Amtoli of Barguna district. He went into hiding immediately after the abduction and killing of seven people in late April.
He was being brought to Dhaka last night for interrogation, added Mahmud.
According to sources, Dipu is the first man arrested by the elite force in connection with the seven-murder incident. The Rab itself had drawn huge flak over the killing.
Rab officials Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander MM Rana were sacked and subsequently arrested in connection with the killing.
Seven people, including Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarkar, were abducted in Narayanganj on April 27.
Three days later, six bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya, while the other was recovered from the river the following day.
Nazrul's father-in-law Shahidul Islam complained that Nur Hossain, councillor of ward-4, and a few others had bribed some Rab-11 officials Tk 6 crore to kill the panel mayor.
Nur Hossain, who made a dash for the Indian border after the seven-murder, is now in a Kolkata jail in a case filed for illegal entry to the country.
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