A case has been filed in connection with the gruesome murder of Shaikh Nurul Islam Faruqi, presenter of religious programmes on Channel i, with the Sher-e-Banglanagar police station.
Faisal Faruqi, son of the slain Nurul Islam Faruqi, has lodged the case at 2am on Thursday against 8-10 persons unnamed, Sher-e-Banglanagar police station duty officer Humayun Kabir told the Dhaka Tribune.
On Wednesday night, unidentified armed assailants slaughtered Shaikh Nurul Islam Faruqi at his own residence in the capital's East Rajabazar area.
The deceased was also the Presidium member and international affairs secretary of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat – an organisation known better for opposing the views of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Faruqi also served as the Presidium member of Islamic Front Bangladesh – a platform of several Islamist groups.
Apart from anchoring programmes titled “Shantir Pothe” and “Kafela” on Channel i, he owned Faruque Tours and Travels Private Limited, a Hajj agency, and served as the imam of Supreme Court mosque.
His strong voice against superstitions in religion and stance against Jamaat-e-Islami might be the reason behind the murder, said Bilob Kumar Sarker, the deputy commissioner of Tejgaon division.
Col Ziaul Islam, the additional director general of RAB, thinks people from the same group who had killed six persons including Lutfar Rahman Faruk, a pir in Gopibagh, and blogger and architect Ahmed Rajeeb Haider were behind Faruqi's murder.
