The bullet-riddled bodies of three suspected criminals, including the kingpin of Natore’s Sabbir Bahini, were found in Kolabaria area under Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur on Monday.
However, Natore unit Jubo League, the youth front of the ruling party Awami League claimed that Redwan Ahmed Sabbir, 25, son of Sona Mia, Abdullah, 25, son of Lutfor Rahman Lopu and Sohel, 27, son of Kalo Miah, were it's activists. All of them were the resident of Natore. Officer-in-Charge of Ghoraghat police station Nuruzzaman Chowdhury said: “On information from locals, a team of police went to the spot in Kolabaria area in the morning and recovered the bodies.” Later, police sent the bodies to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsies. Hamidul Alam, superintendent of Dinajpur Police, said some miscreants allegedly picked the three young men up in a microbus on Saturday and went to an unknown place. A general diary was lodged with Natore Sadar police station in this connection, he said. Police suspected that miscreants might have killed them over previous enmity, said the SP. Dinajpur SP Hamidul Alam said: “They might have been killed by a rival group.” Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased confirmed the identities of the trio and claimed that they had been killed by RAB personnel. Rukhsana Begum, mother of Sabbir, said some people identifying themselves as RAB personnel picked her son up on Saturday. Since, he remained missing. She claimed that the people, who picked up Sabbir, also showed their identity cards to them. Families of Abdullah and Sohel also claimed that they were also picked up by the RAB. They said they had contacted with district unit Jubo League over the matter, but could not get any trace of the victims. Natore District unit Jubo League at a press briefing demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in the killing. Assistant Superintendent of Police and also Comandar of RAB 5, Natore told the Dhaka Tribune that any team of RAB in Natore, Baghmara and Rajshahi had not arrested the trio.