File 7-murder charge-sheet by Jan 22: Court

Seven months after the abduction and killing of 7 men in Narayanganj, a court has ordered the investigation officer to file a charge-sheet within January 22 next year. The court issued the order following a hearing on the case after the state notified it of the delay. Narayanganj District Bar Association President Shakhawat Hossain said that the court has set the deadline based on their plea. Narayanganj City Corporation’s panel mayor Nazrul Islam, the District Bar Association’s member senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar and five other people were abducted on April 27. Their bloated bodies were found floating on the Shitalakkha and Dhaleswari rivers several days later. Nazrul Islam’s in-laws alleged RAB had carried out the crime in exchange for a Tk 60 million bribe from the key accused former Narayanganj Ward 4 councillor Nur Hossain. Three RAB officers, including then RAB-11 commander Tarek Sayed Mohammad, son-in-law of minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, were subsequently retired and arrested. Two cases were filed over the incident and, so far, 24 men including former RAB officers, have been arrested. Police produced the 24 men in court but did not cuff the ex-RAB trio. When the prosecution pointed it out, the court said it would issue an order on the matter on the next hearing date, Jan 22, according to a news agency.