Ex-RAB CO Tarek Sayeed admits Narayanganj crimes

After his two colleagues confessed to the abduction and killing of seven people in Narayanganj, former RAB-11 commander Tarek Sayeed Mohammad has also reportedly admitted to his role in the crimes. Tarek Sayeed issued a confessional statement in the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin in the port city on Wednesday, Narayanganj District Lawyers’ Association President Sakhawat Hossain said. Tarek Sayeed is the son-in-law of Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya. Earlier this month, former officers of the Narayanganj-based elite force Arif Hossain and MM Rana also gave their confessional statements in the same court. Seven men, including former city councillor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar, were abducted on Apr 27. Their bodies were found floating on the Sitalakhyya River several days later. Nazrul’s father-in-law Shahidul Islam had claimed earlier that RAB took Tk 60 million from prime suspect Nur Hossain for the crime. Three former RAB officers — ex-Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mohammad, who was then RAB-11 commander, former Maj Arif Hossain and former Lt Commander MM Rana — were removed from the elite force and later sent into forced retirement. They were arrested after a High Court order and are currently in police custody. —bdnews24.com