Dhaka Interpol moves to bring back Kamrul

Jeddah police yesterday received a letter from the Interpol's Dhaka office on initiating the procedures to send back migrant Kamrul Islam, one of the main culprits in beating dead 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet last week.

Altaf Hossain, first secretary at Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia, confirmed this to The Daily Star.

Now the Saudi interior ministry would send the letter, which the Interpol sent a couple of days earlier, to the Royal King for his approval to send Kamrul home, he said.

As the Saudi government offices would remain closed till Tuesday for Eid, Kamrul's repatriation might have to wait till the offices reopen, he said.

"The Jeddah police sent Kamrul to jail today [yesterday] from their custody after completing official procedures," the first secretary added.

On Monday, Kamrul was caught in Jeddah by some Bangladeshi migrants, who had tracked him down after a video clip of the brutal incident went viral on the social media, sparking widespread outrage at home and abroad. They later handed him to the Bangladesh consulate.

Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon was beaten to death in Kumargaon Bus Stand area of Sylhet on the morning of July 8. One of the culprits filmed the brutal beating and shared it on Facebook.

Kamrul was seen hitting the boy with a stick in the feet, joints of the legs and the shoulders, and the head.

MORE ARRESTS

Two more arrests have been made in the Rajon killing case.

Nur Miah, who allegedly videotaped the torture and killing of Rajon, has been arrested. He had gone into hiding after the gruesome killing.

Nur's father M Nizamuddin with the help of local people handed over his son to police yesterday after he returned home, Officer-in-Charge Akhtar Hossain of Jalalabad Police Station told The Daily Star.

The other arrestee was Dulal. He was held from Sheikhpara of Sylhet Sadar upazila.

"Dulal's name was not mentioned in the case. But he was identified from the footage of the incident," said OC Akhtar.

With these, five arrests have so far been made in the sensational case.

In another development, a Sylhet court yesterday placed Moyna Mia, a key accused in Rajon murder case, on a seven-day remand, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent.

The court granted the remand after police pleaded for taking him in custody for 10 days to quiz, said the OC.

The court also ordered the police to transfer case to the Detective Branch of Police, which has been complied with, according to Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Kamrul Ahsan.

CHUMKI FOR SPEEDY TRIAL TRIBUNAL

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki yesterday urged the law minister to try Rajon's killers in a speedy trial tribunal.

"The accused are not human beings. They are demons in the shape of humans. They don't deserve to be forgiven," she said while visiting Rajon's family at Badeali village in Sadar upazila.

Mentioning that she was visiting the family on the prime minister's instruction, she said if required,           her ministry would assist the law ministry to ensure speedy trial of the killers.

The state minister handed over a cheque of Tk 1 lakh to the family.

Lawmaker Asmatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, who was accompanying Chumki, said that she would provide assistance to ensure schooling of Rajon's younger brother.

Sylhet's Deputy Commissioner Joynal Abedin at the time pledged to give the family Tk 2,000 every month from the district administration.

PROBE AGAINST POLICE OFFICER ON

The committee, formed to investigate whether there was any negligence on the part of police in apprehending the culprits, had started working and would submit its report soon, said SMP Commissioner Kamrul Ahsan.

"The probe committee would investigate the allegations against Sub-Inspector (SI) Alamgir Hossain," he told The Daily Star yesterday.

Alamgir was accused by Rajon's father Sheikh Md Azizur Rahman of cutting a Tk 12 lakh deal with Kamrul Islam and helping him flee the country after the killing.

Like the previous few days, people staged demonstrations and rallies yesterday as well to protest the savage murder of Rajon.