Police wrapping up Tavella and Kunio murder cases

Investigations in the murder cases of two foreigners are about to close and the police will soon press charges against suspects. Political activists will be charged in Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella murder while members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio murder. International terrorist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for both the killings. Tavella was shot dead in Dhaka’s Gulshan area by unidentified assailants on September 28 last year. Police arrested four men – Rasel Chowdhury, Tamzid Ahmed Rubel, Minhazul Arefin Rasel and Sakhawat Hossain Sharif – in the case. Rubel later confessed that the mastermind was a man they only knew as “big brother.” Later MA Matin, the younger brother of BNP leader MA Kaiyum, was arrested On November 4. Monirul Islam, additional commissioner of the DMP, said that they were yet to recover the murder weapon. Kunio was killed on October 3 in Rangpur in a similar fashion. Police arrested eight people including local BNP leader Biplab. Detained JMB commander Masud Rana and another gave confessional statements before courts. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said that the police had arrested the criminals behind the murders. “The charges against them, will be pressed soon,” he added.