A Narayanganj court granted a renewed five-day remand of ex-RAB officers Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mohammad and Major Arif Hossain yesterday so that they can be interrogated about their alleged involvement in the murder of seven people.
Senior Judicial Magistrate HM Shafiqul Islam passed the order after the police produced them before the court with a request for a seven-day remand.
On May 22, the former RAB officers were placed on an eight-day remand in two murder cases – one filed over the murder of seven individuals and another for the killing of lawyer Chandan Sarkar.
The two RAB officials were arrested from Dhaka Cantonment on May 17 for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of seven people in Narayanganj.
Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam, lawyer Chandan Sarkar and five others were killed and their bodies were dumped into the Shitalakkhya River, after they were abducted on April 27.
The Nazrul’s family members alleged that RAB 11 commanding officer Lt Col Tareq Sayeed Mohammad and two other RAB 11 officials – Major Arif Hossain and Lt Commander SM Masud Rana – killed all these people because they had been paid Tk6 crore to do so.
On April 28, the authorities concerned withdrew all three RAB 11 officials, along with the Narayanganj superintendent of police and the deputy commissioner.