Sacked Major Zia involved in Avijit murder: CTTC

Sacked Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspected coordinator of the banned Islamic outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, was directly involved in the killing of blogger and writer Avijit Roy, said Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) Monirul Islam, reports UNB.

He disclosed this while talking to reporters at the DMP media centre on Sunday.

Sacked Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, better known as Major Zia, was directly involved in the blogger killing as he was present on the spot during the murder, he said.

"Though Zia has been absconding, we've got enough evidence to continue the trial process in the Avijit killing case," the CTTC chief said.

Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP was investigating the murder case. The CTTC got the charge to investigate the case three months ago, the CTTC chief said.

He said earlier DB police, Rapid Action Battalion and other law enforcement agencies arrested seven suspected killers. One of the suspected killers named Mukul Rana was killed during a shootout with the detectives.