A man with suspected involvement in the murder of Rohingya leader Md Mohib Ullah has given a confessional statement to a magistrate.
Police on Saturday produced Mohammad Elias, a Rohingya man, in the court of Cox’s Bazar’s chief judicial magistrate following a three-day remand, Superintendent of Police Md Hasanuzzaman said on Sunday.
Magistrate Md Helal Uddin recorded his statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc), Cox’s Bazar police chief told the media.
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Police have made five arrests over the killing of Mohib Ullah and interrogated each of them in custody for three days, added the senior police official.
A group of unidentified men gunned down 48-year-old Mohib Ullah at a camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya on September 29.
Mohib Ullah, the chairman of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, had come to be known as a ‘voice for the Rohingya’ in the Western media.
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He represented the group ousted from Myanmar at a UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2019 and also had a meeting with then US President Donald Trump.
His family believes another Rohingya group – the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) – is responsible for his death. Bangladeshi law enforcers also suspect a Rohingya faction orchestrated the killing.
The Bangladesh government has vowed to bring the killers to justice amid mounting international concern over the civil society leader’s death.
Formerly a teacher in Myanmar, the slain activist was popularly known as Master Mohib Ullah among the Rohingya refugees.