2 suspects on fresh remand

The two arrested sand traders, believed to be the main suspects of the killing of six students in Aminbazar on the outskirts of Dhaka last July, were placed on a four day remand yesterday.
The fugitive traders, Abdul Malek, 35, and Abdul Hamid, 40, were arrested from the capital's Mirpur area on March 19 and initially placed on a three day remand.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday produced the duo before the court of the chief judicial magistrate seeking the four-day remand and the court granted the prayer.
“We want to verify the information the duo gave during the first three-day remand,” said CID's Assistant Superintendent of Police Sirajul Haque, the investigation officer of the case.
He, however, declined to disclose the details of their findings.
The six students were beaten to death on July 18 last year, on the night of Shab-e-Barat, when they went to Bardeshi village.
They are Tipu Sultan of Tejgaon College, Towhidur Rahman Palash, Kamruzzaman Kanto and Ibrahim Khalil of Mirpur Bangla College, Shams Rahim Shamam of Maple Leaf International School and Sitaf Jabi Munif of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology.
Their friend Al Amin, who was with them at that time, is the lone survivor of the incident.
The next day of the incident Malek filed a robbery case against the seven youths, including the six deceased, while Savar police filed a murder case against 500 to 600 unnamed people of Bardeshi village.
So far 10 people, including the sand traders, were arrested in connection with the killing.
After the incident, a one-member judicial probe body was formed and the probe body in its report on September 8 determined that the students were innocent and some officers of Savar police were also “involved in the killing”.
Following the report and its recommendations, eight policemen of Savar Police Station were suspended for their alleged involvement in the killing and negligence of duty.