A Narayanganj court has granted eight-day fresh remand to ex-RAB official MM Rana for interrogation over his alleged involvement in murder of seven people in Narayanganj.
Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin passed the order after the police produced him before the court showing him arrested in the Narayanganj seven murder cases.
Rana was arrested on May 18 and the same court placed him on a 7-day remand when police produced him before the court.
Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Sarkar along with five others were killed and their bodies were dumped into River Shitalakkhya after they were abducted on April 27.
The family members of Nazrul 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 the seven persons for Tk6 crore.
Earlier on April 28 the authorities concerned had withdrawn all the three RAB-11 officials along with the Narayanganj superintendent of police and the deputy commissioner.
Following the allegations, the AFD sent Lt Col Tareq Sayeed Mohammad and Major Rana on premature retirement from the Army and Lt Commander SM Masud Rana on forced retirement from the Navy.
