Key accused in Constable Parvez murder held
Staff Reporter :
The Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has claimed to have arrested the youth who ‘led’ the killing of a policeman on the day of the BNP grand rally in Dhaka on 28 October.
This information was provided by the CTTC at a press briefing organised at the media center of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday noon.
The arrested person has been identified as Aman Ullah Aman. He is the joint general secretary of Central Chhatra Dal and was also the member secretary of Dhaka University Chhatra Dal.
He was arrested from the Mohakhali Bus Terminal area of the capital on Monday afternoon.
Earlier, police constable Md Amirul Parvez, 32, was killed in an attack in Box Culvert Road area of Fakirapool in the capital on 28 October while on-duty.
He was a resident of Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj. In this incident, the police filed a murder case with Paltan Police Station on 29 October.
During the press briefing, Additional Commissioner of Police and CTTC chief Asaduzzaman said that central leaders of the BNP and Chhatra Dal had allegedly ordered vicious attacks on the law enforcement agency with the objective of undermining police morale and creating an unstable environment in the country by targeting one or more policemen. Their intent was to generate a new issue.
Aman Ullah, along with his followers, is accused of carrying out the killing of constable Amirul on the day of the grand rally, reportedly following the instructions of BNP and Chhatra Dal central leaders.
Asaduzzaman stated that Aman Ullah and his associates had prior knowledge of the position of the police officers responsible for security during the rally. BNP leaders and activists, who were present in Kakrail on the day of the mass rally, clashed with the police, creating a tense situation.
Seizing this opportunity, Aman Ullah and his accomplices launched an attack on the police near the Victory Hotel, located adjacent to the BNP central office in Nayapaltan. They then moved towards Paltan Tower and split into two groups.
During the course of the attack, police constable Amirul was struck by a brick and fell to the ground. Subsequently, the assailants began to beat him with sticks, causing him to lose consciousness. He lay on the road, unconscious and soaked in blood, he added.
