No headway in probe in two years
Two years into the murder of public prosecutor (PP) Haider Hossain, police is yet to make any headway into its investigation.
Haider Hossain had conducted the case for killing two judges in Jhalakathi on November 14, 2005 and seven top Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders were awarded death sentence in the case.
Unidentified killers shot dead Haider Hossain on April 11, 2007 when he came out of a mosque in Jhalakathi town after the Esha prayers.
Investigation Officer (IO) Amir Hossaion, also inspector of Criminal Investigation Department of police, said JMB activist Murad Hossian of Tutpara in Khulna confessed under Section 164 that Sagir shot down PP Haider Hossain on July 5, 2007.
Later another JMB activist Sagar was arrested in Mymensing, who also confessed to killing PP Haider Hossain under Section 164.
IO Amir Hossain took Sagar under five days' remand on August 16, 2007.
During interrogation, Sagar denied his previous confession. As a result the investigation was hampered.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate's (CJM) Court in Jhalakathi sent Sagar on further three days' police remand on January 16, 2008.
Jhalakati Police Super Shafiqur Rahman told The Daily Star that accused Sagar could not be sent to Taskforce Interrogation cell in Dhaka from Jhalakathi as he was not given remand for longer period.
Recently the IO of the case has been changed and the new IO has started the investigation, he said.
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