Probe team meets families today

An administrative committee probing Narayanganj 7 murders will visit Narayanganj and talk to the families of the victims today (Saturday). The committee, formed at the High Court's behest, has asked them to be present at Narayanganj district deputy commissioner’s office by 10:30 am. Deputy Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman told bdnews24.com on Friday night families of all seven victims, including families of slain Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker, have been asked to come. If anyone is unable to do so, the probe team will go to them, he added. The seven-member committee, headed by Public Administration Ministry Additional Secretary Md Shahjahan Ali Mollah, was formed on Wednesday. Other members are Public Administration Ministry Deputy Secretaries Md Abdul Quayum Sarker and Abul Kashem Mohiuddin, Home Ministry Deputy Secretaries Md Shafiqur Rahman and Sayeed Mahmud Belal Haider and Law Ministry Deputy Secretaries Md Mostafizur Rahman and Md Mizanur Rahman Khan. The team on Thursday visited the place from where the seven, including Nazrul Islam and Advocate Chandan Sarker were abducted, and the spot near Shitalakkha River where their bodies were found. Mollah said they would talk to ‘everyone’ in the interest of the investigation. A report on the progress of the probe would be submitted to the court within seven days, he said, according to bdnews24.com.