The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday submitted a charge-sheet to the Home Ministry for its approval in a case filed over the killing of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, reports UNB.
The investigation agency brought charges against eight people over the double murder and placed the charge-sheet before the ministry as it needs prior approval before its submission to the court, said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman.
Four of the accused -- Mozammel Hossain alias Saimon, 25, Media head and member of intelligence wing of banned Islamic outfit Ansar Al Islam, Md Arafat Rahman, 24, coordinator of military wing of Ansar Al Islam, Md Sheikh Abdullah, 27, and member of military wing of the militant group Asadullah, 25, are behind the bars.
Four others have been on the run and they are Syed Md Ziaul Huq alias Major Zia (sacked army major), 42, Akram Hossain, 30, Sabbirul Haque Chowdhury, 26, and Md Zunaid Ahmad alias Maulana Zuned alias Zunaid, 26.
During investigation, the CTTC found direct involvement of 13 people in the double murder. Of them, five were excluded from the charge-sheet as their full names and addresses were not found during investigation.
The four arrested accused have already given statements before the court, confessing their involvement in the murder.
Xulhaz Mannan, editor of LGBT magazine Roopbaan, and his friend Mahbub Tonoy, an activist of theatre group Loknatya Dal, were hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at an apartment in the capital's Kalabagan area on April 25, 2016.
