Rapid Action Battalion has claimed that media reports on the involvement of the force's higher official following the confessional statements of two ex-RAB officials are misleading.
A statement signed by RAB media wing director ATM Habibur Rahman also claimed that such reports are an evil effort to hamper the investigation procedure in the Narayanganj seven murder case.
Former RAB officers Arif Hossain and MM Rana gave confessional statements last week on the abductions and murders of seven persons in Narayanganj.
Several newspapers published “misleading” and “unwanted” reports on June 6 claiming two former RAB officers in their confessional statements before the court gave information about the involvement of a top RAB official in the seven murders, the statement said.
The media release claimed that the news articles tarnished the image of the elite force.
The confessional statements were given before an executive magistrate and any statement with court is not publishable as per law while the trial is underway, it further said.
"A lawyer's comments claiming the involvement of a senior official of the RAB headquarters just after the confessional statements of two former RAB officers was a deliberate effort," the RAB statement also said.
The statement termed the media reports as an attempt to divert the investigation of the case.
