BANGLADESH NEWS
One of
them, an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, was believed to be the mastermind
behind Rajib’s killing, Mollah Nazrul Islam DMP's Deputy Police Commissioner
told reporters at his office on Tuesday.
The five youths from North South University have confessed to taking part in Rajib's murder, DMP spokesperson and Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam informed earlier in the week. They also informed the police that the murder of the blogger was originally planned by a Shibir leader.
Police claims that the investigation into the murder of Rajib is a complete success, after they tracked down the five youths 14 days into the murder.
The five students are –Faisal Bin Nayeem alias Deep, 22, Maksudul Hassan Anik, 26, Ehsanur Reza Roman, 23, Nayeem Sikder Irad, 19, and Nafis Imtiaz, 22.
They were all studying in various departments at the private university.
Detective Branch said they were picked in the early hours of Saturday during raids at the capital's Khilgaon, Kakrail, Baridhara and Panthapath areas. The university expelled the five on Monday.
Those arrested confided to the police about their plans to kill seven other bloggers. Various information and evidence about these plans have also come to light, said Deputy Commissioner Nazrul Islam.
Two people including a woman witnessed the murderers running away in the area near Rajib’s Mirpur residence on the night of Feb 15. The physical descriptions provided by the witnesses match with two of those arrested, said the DB official.
Modern technology was used to nab the killers, he added.
One of the five arrested had left Dhaka for Bogra, while the others remained in the capital. He then returned to Dhaka. But so far no evidence has been found linking the confessed killers to any political parties, said police.
Spokesperson Monirul Islam had informed about a former Shibir leader being the mastermind behind the murder, during a press conference on Saturday following the arrest of the NSU students.
The former Shibir leader is among the two suspects police are in the look out for, Nazrul Islam said adding that those arrested have been sent to seven days in remand. They have been questioned for two days now. They will be produced in court for extracting a confessional testimony before their remand ends, said the officer.
Blogger and architect Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death in front of his residence in Pallabi, Mirpur on Feb 15, ten days after the movement for demanding maximum penalty for war criminals started in Shahbagh.
He used to write blogs with the pseudo name ‘Thaba Baba’. His friend and family members believe he was killed by Jamaat-Shibir men for what he wrote in support of the on-going trials on war criminals.
Rajib has been hailed as the first martyr to have fallen for the struggle against war criminals from 1971.
Detective Police have been investigating the case filed by Rajib’s father.
The five youths from North South University have confessed to taking part in Rajib's murder, DMP spokesperson and Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam informed earlier in the week. They also informed the police that the murder of the blogger was originally planned by a Shibir leader.
Police claims that the investigation into the murder of Rajib is a complete success, after they tracked down the five youths 14 days into the murder.
The five students are –Faisal Bin Nayeem alias Deep, 22, Maksudul Hassan Anik, 26, Ehsanur Reza Roman, 23, Nayeem Sikder Irad, 19, and Nafis Imtiaz, 22.
They were all studying in various departments at the private university.
Detective Branch said they were picked in the early hours of Saturday during raids at the capital's Khilgaon, Kakrail, Baridhara and Panthapath areas. The university expelled the five on Monday.
Those arrested confided to the police about their plans to kill seven other bloggers. Various information and evidence about these plans have also come to light, said Deputy Commissioner Nazrul Islam.
Two people including a woman witnessed the murderers running away in the area near Rajib’s Mirpur residence on the night of Feb 15. The physical descriptions provided by the witnesses match with two of those arrested, said the DB official.
Modern technology was used to nab the killers, he added.
One of the five arrested had left Dhaka for Bogra, while the others remained in the capital. He then returned to Dhaka. But so far no evidence has been found linking the confessed killers to any political parties, said police.
Spokesperson Monirul Islam had informed about a former Shibir leader being the mastermind behind the murder, during a press conference on Saturday following the arrest of the NSU students.
The former Shibir leader is among the two suspects police are in the look out for, Nazrul Islam said adding that those arrested have been sent to seven days in remand. They have been questioned for two days now. They will be produced in court for extracting a confessional testimony before their remand ends, said the officer.
Blogger and architect Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death in front of his residence in Pallabi, Mirpur on Feb 15, ten days after the movement for demanding maximum penalty for war criminals started in Shahbagh.
He used to write blogs with the pseudo name ‘Thaba Baba’. His friend and family members believe he was killed by Jamaat-Shibir men for what he wrote in support of the on-going trials on war criminals.
Rajib has been hailed as the first martyr to have fallen for the struggle against war criminals from 1971.
Detective Police have been investigating the case filed by Rajib’s father.
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