Rajon was not a thief and it was security guard Moyna who accused him of being a thief and started beating him, said Ayaz Ali, one of the accused in the Rajon murder case.
In his statement before Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate 1 Court, Ayaz said Rajon was playing with other children in front of the automobile workshop in Kumargaon, of which Moyna is the security guard. Rajon and the children was playing with a van, when Moyna accused him of trying to steal it, grabbed him and tied him with a pole.
“I assisted Moyna in tying Rajon up, but I did it as a joke,” Ayaz was quoted by Detective Branch Inspector Suranjit Talukdar.
Ayaz also said he did not participate in Rajon’s brutal torture, but Moyna, Kamrul and other accused did, Suranjit told the Dhaka Tribune.
Ayaz was arrested by a combined operation of Jalalabad police and detectives on Friday around 1am and was presented before the court on Saturday by Inspector Suranjit, who asked to place Ayaz in remand for five days.
The court granted three days of remand, which ended yesterday and also brought out a statement from Ayaz.
Ayaz is from Jahangirgaon in Doarabazar, an upazila in Sunamganj district. He currently lives in Kumargaon area.
Thirteen-year-old Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon was brutally beaten to death by locals Kamrul Islam, Muhit Alam, Moyna and a few other men, who recorded a video of the barbaric torture and later uploaded it to the internet.
The video caused an outrage across the country and police arrested 13 people in connection with the murder.
Besides Ayaz, accused Muhit, his brother Ali Haider, Moyna, Firoz Ali, Noor Miah and Azmat Ullah have given their confessional statement before the court as well.
