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
this information to local reporters here today.
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 a 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, Investigating Officer (IO) of the case and Rangpur PBI
Superintendent of Police (SP) ABM Jakir Hossain applied to the court to ban
the foreign travel of the
defendants 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 BSS tonight.
The defendants 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.
‘Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun is arrested in another case in Dhak
a.
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.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha