Fourteen accused in Abu Sayeed murder case get travel ban
Court Correspondent :
Fourteen accused, including former DIG of Rangpur Range and former Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner have been banned from going abroad in connection with the Shaheed Abu Sayeed murder case.
Abu Sayeed murder case panel lawyer Advocate Rokunuzzaman Rokan confirmed the local reporters on Thursday.
Shaheed Abu Sayeed, a 12th batch student of the Department of English of Begum Rokeya University was shot dead by the police during the Anti- Discrimination Student-People Movement in Parker Mour area in the city on July 16 last. On August 18, Ramzan Ali, Abu Sayeed’s elder brother, filed the case in the court mentioning the names of 17 people. The case is now being investigated by the PBI.
“Three of the 17 accused have so far been arrested in this case, but 14 others are still absconding,” Advocate Rokunuzzaman said.
Earlier, Investigation Officer (IO) of the case and Rangpur PBI Superintendent of Police ABM Jakir Hossain applied to the court to ban the foreign travel of the accused people for the sake of proper investigation.
“After the hearing, Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Rangpur Metropolitan Cognizance Court passed the order on September 1 banning foreign travel of the accused persons in the Abu Sayed murder case,” the PBI SP told the media last night.
The accused who have been banned from travelling abroad are: Former Rangpur Range DIG Abdul Baten, former Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Moniruzzaman, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abu Maruf Hossain, Assistant Commissioner of Police Arifuzzaman, Assistant Commissioner
of Police Imran Hossain, Begum Rokeya University teachers Moshiur Rahman and Asaduzzaman Mondal, SI Bibhuti Bhushan, Tajhat Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rabiul Islam, Begum Rokeya University Chhatra League President Pamel Barua and its General Secretary Shamim Mahfuz, Organizing Secretary Dhananjay Kumar Togar, Babul Hossain and Begum Rokeya University Officer Rafiur Hasan.
Meanwhile, “Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun is arrested in another case in Dhaka. Besides, police have arrested ASI Syed Amir Ali and Sujan Chandra Roy who were present at the scene of Abu Sayeed’s murder,” the panel lawyer said.
