7-murder culprits identified: Probe body

The government-formed committee has claimed to have identified culprits behind the sensational seven murders in Narayanganj.

Deputy Secretary of law ministry Mizanur Rahman Khan, also a member of the committee, disclosed this today after submitting a progress report on their investigation into the murders to the attorney general’s (AG) office.

Earlier in the day, the seven-member committee submitted the report to the AG’s office for placing those to the High Court (HC).

The body led by Md Shahjahan Ali Mollah, additional secretary to the public administration ministry, also sought four more weeks from the HC for completing the investigation.

Talking to The Daily Star, Mizanur said a satisfactory progress has been made in the investigation and they need more time to complete the job.

He, however, refused to disclose the findings of their investigation into the incident.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has also submitted their progress report to the AG office for placing those to the HC tomorrow (July 9).

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) office is set to place its progress report on the investigation to the AG office by tomorrow.

Earlier on Monday, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) also placed their progress report to the AG office.

Earlier on June 4, the High Court Bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore directed the seven member probe committee, IGP, Rab and CID to submit their report on the progress of their investigation into the deadly incident of Narayanganj before it on July 9.   

On April 27, Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and his four associates and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and his driver were abducted allegedly by some members of the Rab. Their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river a couple of days later.