Ex-RAB men produced before court sans handcuffs

NARAYANGANJ, Mar 11 (UNB): The prosecution raised objection on Wednesday before the court as police produced three dismissed Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials without handcuffs ignoring the Jail Code in the sensational seven-murder case amid tight security.
The three accused and dismissed elite force RAB-11 officials -- Lt Col Tareque Sayed, Maj Arif Hossain and Commander SM Rana - have already ade their confessional statements before a magistrate in connection with the grisly killings.
Police, however, produced the remaining 27 accused in the dock following the Jail Code.
Responding to the prosecution objection, senior judicial magistrate HM Shafiqul Islam asked the police to comply with the prescribed Jail Code in this connection from now on.
"All are equal in the eye of law. But it's not lawful the way the three accused have been produced in the dock," said the court, fixing May 11 for the next routine date of hearing.
During the proceedings, lawyers brought out a procession on the court compound demanding capital punishment to the killers, said court police inspector Habibur Rahman Habib.
On April 27 in 2014, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and his three associates and driver were abducted from Fatullah area in Narayanganj city. At the same time, 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 River on April 30.