Why fail to produce Tareque

A Narayanganj court yesterday sought explanation from the Dhaka Central Jail authorities for not producing former commanding officer of Rab-11 Tareque Sayeed Mohammad during a regular hearing of the Narayanganj seven-murder case.

The show cause notice was issued after hearing a petition filed by Advocate Shakhawat Hossain, a plaintiff of the case.

He filed two more petitions seeking information about the progress of prime accused Nur Hossain's extradition and the charge-sheet of the case which has not been submitted yet, despite significant progress in the probe, added Shakhawat.

The court has fixed December 1 for hearing the two petitions.

Of the 24 persons arrested in the case so far, two more Rab members-- Billal Hossain and Ruhul Amin-- were also not produced before the court yesterday.

Police sources said Billal was “sick” while Amin was on remand. The 21 others were sent back to the jail.

Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, his three associates and driver, and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and his driver were abducted allegedly by some members of the Rab-11 in separate incidents in Narayanganj on April 27.

Six bodies surfaced in the Shitalakkhya river three days later, while another was found the next day in the same river.