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Another accused \\\'confesses\\\' to Rajon killing

Wednesday, 29 July 2015


SYLHET, July 28 (UNB):  Another accused reportedly made on Tuesday his confessional statement over the killing of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon.
Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Shahedul Karim recorded the statement of Ayez Ali (40)  after police produced him before the court on completion of his three-day remand.
Inspector of Sylhet Detective Branch (DB) of police Surinjit Talukdar, also the investigation officer of the case, said Ayez made his confession under section 164 of the penal code.  On July 25, a joint team of detectives and Jalalabad Police Station conducted a raid on the house of Ayaz at Sheikhpara in Sadar upazila and arrested him.
With the arrest of Ayaz, 13 people have so far been arrested in connection with the heinous killing.
On July 8, 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, son of Sheikh Azizur Rahman of Badeali village in Sadar upazila, was brutally tortured to death over a theft at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the city.
The killers themselves took the video footage of the incident and uploaded it on the internet.
The video clip went viral on social networking site Facebook and video-sharing site Youtube which triggered a widespread outcry.