Home seeks Foreign Ministry’s steps to bring back Nur

 The Home Ministry has sent a letter to the Foreign Ministry seeking steps for bringing back Nur Hossain, the prime suspect of the Narayanganj seven-murder case, from India.

“A letter has been sent to the Foreign Ministry to bring Nur Hossain back,” State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan told UNB on Monday.

Nur Hossain and his two aides were put on an eight-day remand each by a court in Kolkata on Sunday, following their arrest by an anti-terrorism squad of Kolkata police, according to Indian media reports.

Earlier on Sunday, Asaduzzaman told the media that the government has started the process to bring Nur Hossain and his aides back from India under the prisoner exchange treaty.

“Right now, we can’t give you the information about how many people along with Nur Hossain have been arrested and from where. But, we’ll have 100 percent confirmation by today or tomorrow,” the minister said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday.

On the same day, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said India is yet to inform Bangladesh formally about the arrest of Nur Hossain.

“India is yet to inform us formally about Nur Hossain’s arrest. We came to know it through the mass media,” he told reporters at his Foreign Ministry office.

Shahriar, however, said the Foreign Ministry would act fast once it gets a request from the Home Ministry to bring Nur Hossain back.

Nur Hossain could be brought back using two ways, the extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India that came into effect in October last year or with the help of the Interpol, he added.

Nur Hossian, a Narayanganj city councillor, and some of his associates remained absconding following the abduction and killing of Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, lawyer Chandan Sarker and five others.

On April 27, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, his three associates and driver were abducted by miscreants from Fatullah area of Narayanganj.  Hours after their abduction, senior lawyer at district Judge’s Court Chandan Kumar Sarker and his driver were also abducted on their way to capital Dhaka.

Three days into their abduction, the bodies of six people, including that of Nazrul and Chandan Kumar, were recovered from the Shitalakhya River on April 30. Besides, the following day, the body of Jahangir, car driver of Nazrul Islam, was recovered from the river.

Source: UNB Connect