Narayanganj seven-murder prime accused Nur Hossain has filed two petitions with the High Court seeking the court's detectives to scarp the two murder cases filed against him.
Two separate petitions were filed with the High Court on Sunday afternoon.
Nur's lawyer Lutfur Rahman said: “The former officials of Rapid Action Battalion did not mention the name of Nur Hossain in their confessional statements nor did the witnesses say that he [Nur] was present in person at the time of the murders.
“In this case, including Nur Hossain's name in the charge sheet is a violation of law.”
He also said the murder case filed by Chandon Sarkar's son-in-law did not even accuse Nur Hossain.
Lutfur said: “The bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque might hear the petitions next week.”
On April 27, 2014, Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others were abducted.
Later, their bodies were recovered from Shitalaykha river on April 30.
On June 15, 2014, the West Bengal police arrested Nur with some of his accomplices from Kolkata. He had been in Indian custody since then.
He was handed over to BGB 26 Battalion Deputy Commander Maj Liakat Ali on November 12 last year. Later, Nur Hossain was shown arrested in 11 cases including the seven-murder case.