BCL man Pronojit confesses killing co-activist

The prime accused, Pronojit Das, yesterday confessed to killing a fellow activist of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) before a Sylhet court yesterday.

Judge Anwarul Haque of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 recorded his confessional statement.

Quoting Pronojit, 21, police said he stabbed the victim, Abdul Ali, 19, a 12th-grader at MM College of Sylhet, over personal feud.

He gave details of the Wednesday's murder, said Mosharraf Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Kotwali Police Station. 

On Wednesday afternoon, Pronojit, also a 12th-grader at the college, tried to flee but was arrested by a special team from Kotwali station.

Pronojit said he and Abdul Ali were sitting on a bench on the second floor of the building of the chemistry department on Tuesday and had an altercation over internal feud. He also threatened Ali, he said.

When Pronojit saw Ali sitting on the same bench the next day, it angered him. With friends, Pronojit then beat him up; and at one stage Pronojit dragged him down to the stairs and stabbed him.

OC of Kotwali Sohel Ahmad said that they recovered the knife used in the killing from Burikhal bridge in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet yesterday afternoon.

Rahmat Ullah, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said it was not possible to say more about his confessional statement for the sake of investigation.

A total of five BCL men were sued over the murder but three including Pronojit have been arrested so far.

A second arrestee, Angur Mia, is on a three-day remand starting Friday.