Attack on UNO Wahida: Prime accused placed on 7-day remand
A Dinajpur court today placed the prime accused in a case filed over the recent attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam and her father Omar Ali Sheikh on seven-day remand, police said.
Inspector Imam Abu Jafar of the Detective Branch (DB) in Dinajpur, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, produced prime accused Asadul Haque before the Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Moniruzzaman Sarker in Dinajpur today with a 10-day remand prayer.
After hearing the prayer, the judge granted remand for seven days for Asadul of Sagarpur village under Ghoraghat upazila in the district.
Earlier yesterday evening, the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Dinajpur Shishir Kumar Basu placed two other arrested persons in the case -- Nabiul Islam and Santu Kumar Biswas -- on remand for seven days each.
The Rapid Action Battalion-13 arrested the three persons including the prime suspect from different upazilas in Dinajpur on Friday in connection with the gruesome attack on UNO Wahida and her father.
Later, during a press briefing at RAB-13 headquarters in Rangpur on Friday evening, its Commanding Officer Reza Ahmmed Ferdous said the three had admitted to their involvement in the attack.
Talking to reporters this evening, IO Imam Abu Jafar said all three were being interrogated and it was hoped that the investigation would unearth the real motive behind the attack.
Meanwhile, a three-member probe committee has been formed by Divisional Commissioner Md Abdul Wahab Bhuiyan with Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) Md Zakir Hossain as its chief to investigate the incident.
The committee will submit its report within the next seven working days.
Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police for Rangpur Range Devdas Bhattacharya said the investigating agencies will unearth the motive behind the gruesome attacks and bring all culprits under the law of the land at the earliest possible time.
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