Lt Col Tareq Sayeed, former RAB 11 camp commander who was chargesheeted in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, has been denied bail again.
The court of Narayanganj Judicial Magistrate Ashiq Imam rejected his bail petition yesterday.
Tareq is the son-in-law of Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya. His lawyer advocate Sarwar Miah said the legal battle for his client would be continued.
Additional Public Prosecutor of Narayanganj court Fazlur Rahman said the judge rejected Tareq’s bail petition as the former RAB official was deeply involved in the crime.
“Many testified in court, mentioning Tareq’s role in the murders,” he said.
Two cases were filed over the seven murders and Judge Ashiq Imam yesterday ordered to send one of the suits to the district judge’s court.
He also said the other case would be heard on November 30.
Inspector Habibur Rahman of Narayanganj court police said 22 chargesheeted accused were brought to the court in the morning amid tight security.
Seven people, including panel mayor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker, were abducted on April 27 last year.
The bodies of six of them were found in the Shitalakshya River on April 30 while the seventh body was recovered from the river on May 1.
In April this year, investigators submitted the charge sheet accusing 35 people in both cases. Twenty-two of them have so far been arrested while the remaining 13 have gone into hiding.