HC rejects plea for withdrawing CID from 7-murder case probe

The High Court (HC) rejected Thursday the petition seeking to withdraw the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from the ongoing investigation into the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, reports UNB.
An HC division bench comprising Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the order after a brief hearing on the petition.
The chief government law officer, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam Wednesday submitted the petition on the advice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court referring to legal restrictions on inquiries into a case by two agencies concurrently.
The HC also stated that the CID would continue its inquiry into the seven-murder case and submit before the bench the evidence gathered from such investigation.
The bench further said that then it will hand over the evidence to the designated investigation officer (IO) of the case for regular investigation if the court thinks it necessary.
The CID had been investigating the case as per the HC order while the DB had been officially assigned to investigate the seven-murder after abduction on April 27.
The government-formed probe committee and the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have also been engaged in investigating the case and submit progress reports to the HC regularly following its order.