Schoolgirl Murder in Savar: AL leader’s son arrested
Five months after the tragic murder of Savar school student Nila Roy, police have arrested Sakib Hasan, the son of an AL leader, who was allegedly involved in the killing.
The twenty-year-old arrestee is the son of Shirajul Islam Shiru, an AL leader and also the joint secretary of Savar Municipality. Sakib Hasan is locally known as a leader of "Shakil and Sakib gang."
Confirming the arrest, Nirmol Kumar Das, inspector (intelligence), told The Daily Star that they conducted a drive at Shirajul's house around 3am yesterday after receiving intelligence on Sakib's whereabouts.
Sakib was arrested from the house at Dakshinpara area.
He was sent to a Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Dhaka with a five-day remand prayer, added Nirmal Kumar, investigation officer of the case.
Nila Roy, a 10th grader at a local school, was stabbed to death on her way to a hospital on September 20. She was accompanied by her elder brother Alok and they were going to have her respiratory problems checked.
On their way to the hospital, they were intercepted by one Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, who threatened Alok and forced him to leave him alone with Nila, police had said quoting family members after the event.
Mizanur then forced Nila into an abandoned house, and stabbed her with the help of two associates. The perpetrators fled, and Nila was rescued by locals after crying for help.
Locals had rushed the girl to Enam Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead within minutes of her arrival.
The following day, Nila's father filed a case against Mizanur and his parents. Police arrested Mizanur and his associate Selim Palowan (28).
Mizanur on October 1 confessed to a Dhaka court that he killed the girl because she refused to continue a "love affair" with him, court sources said.
Mizanur also revealed Sakib's involvement in the crime, but Sakib had been absconding then.
The Daily Star found in its investigation that Mizanur was also a member of "Shakil and Sakib gang". The gang is infamous for extorting people and business, and its members are often found involved in stalking and harassment of girls as well as trading drugs, said locals of Savar's Dakshinpara.
Locals say that Shakil and Sakib run the gang with help from their father Shirajul.
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