State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said the three controversial Rab officials, already dismissed from their jobs for their alleged involvement in the killing of seven people after their abduction in Narayanganj, will be arrested by Wednesday in compliance with the High Court order.
“As per the High Court order and the due process, the agency concerned has been given the necessary instruction, and they’ll be arrested by Wednesday,” Asaduzzaman told UNB over phone in the evening.
Asked what actually the due process is, the state minister said, “As per the court order, the IGP has been informed first and then the SP of Narayanganj …the departments concerned of the Army have also been informed about it, and they’ll be arrested through the Army.”
He said the ex-Rab officials will be produced before the court after their arrest.
Sought comments over Khaleda Zia’s demand she made during her Narayanganj visit earlier in the day that the Rab officials be arrested by today (Tuesday), Asaduzzaman said, “She (Khaleda) says so many things.”
The three ex-Rab officials are Lt Col Tarek Syed Mahmud, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander MM Rana of Rab-11. They were earlier sent on forced retirement following the allegations of their involvement in the killing of the seven people, including Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker.
On Sunday, the High Court issued a rule asking the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take immediate steps to arrest the three former Rab officials.
On May 5, the HC bench had also issued a suo moto rule asking the government to form a seven-member committee to investigate the allegation that Rab personnel were involved in the incident.
Accordingly, the Public Administration Ministry formed the committee which held a public hearing at Narayanganj Circuit House on Monday on the sensational seven murders.
On April 27, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and his three associates and driver were abducted from Fatullah area in Narayanganj city. Hours into their abduction, senior lawyer of the Narayanganj District Judge’s Court, Chandan Kumar Sarker, and his driver were abducted on their way to capital Dhaka.
Three days into their abduction, the bodies of six people, including that of Nazrul and Chandan, were recovered from the Shitalakhya and Dhaleshwari rivers on April 30.
Besides, the body of Jahangir, the car driver of Nazrul Islam, was recovered from the Shitalakhya River on May 1.
Source: UNB Connect
