Nasim Osman's son led killing
"> Azmeri OsmanA gang led by Azmeri Osman, son of Jatiya Party lawmaker Nasim Osman and nephew of Awami League leader Shamim Osman, killed Tanvir Mohammad Toki in Narayanganj, said an accused in the sensational murder case.
Sultan Shawkat alias Bhromor who was arrested on Monday night said this in a confessional statement given before Senior Judicial Magistrate of Narayanganj KM Mohiuddin's court on Tuesday.
He said Toki, a meritorious A-level student and son of cultural activist Rafiur Rabbi, was killed at the office of Azmeri Osman in College Road area of the city. His body was put in a sack and dumped in the Shitalakhya river at Charargope.
This is the first confessional statement in this case.
Bhromor said that on March 6 this year he went to Azmeri's office -- Winner Fashion -- in the evening and found Kajal, Shipon, Jacky and a few others playing billiard there. At one stage, he saw on the CCTV that Rajib and Kalam were going out of the office in a car belonging to Azmeri.
Around 9:30pm, Rajib, Kalam, Mamun and Liton returned with Toki and took him to Azmeri's office room.
"I could hear his screams for mercy, for help. But nothing could stop the torturers. In a few minutes, the screaming stopped. A drop-dead silence enveloped the room .... Then Azmeri came out of the room and said, 'everything is over. Dump the body wherever you can'.”
An eerie silence fell over the courtroom as Bhromor was describing the horrifying tale of how Toki was brutally tortured and killed.
On Azmeri's order, Bhromor, Rajib, Kalam, Liton and Mamun put the body in a jute sack, loaded it in the trunk of Azmeri's car and drove off to the Shitalakhya at Charargope. Rajib, Liton, Mamun and Kalam dumped the body into the river and in 15 minutes, they returned to Azmeri's office, Bhromor added.
Rapid Action Battalion members arrested Bhromor, following up the information provided by Azmeri Osman's close aide Yusuf Hossain Liton who had earlier been arrested in a narcotics case.
Following Liton's statement, Rab members also recovered bloodstained trousers from the office of Azmeri Osman on August 7.
Toki was found dead on the banks of the Shitalakhya in Narayanganj on March 8, two days after he went missing.
Rabiul Haq, assistant superintendent of police now in Rab-11, also the investigating officer of the case, said he had not received the copy of Bhromor's confessional statement yet.
Appropriate steps would be taken to have the culprits stand trial once the copy was received, he added.
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