Detectives, after getting no clues from the eight Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders arrested over the July 19 killing of a former JMB leader in Gaibandha, have now begun applying psychological tricks to get the job done.
Besides, a team of Gaibandha police paired up with Detective Branch members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police for grilling the eight JMB leaders.
Fazle Rabbi, 30, who was earlier a JMB leader, was shot dead in Gaibandha’s Saghata on July 19. It was suspected that the eight JMB leaders had killed him as he stopped being involved with the outfit after his arrest in a case back in 2007.
On Tuesday, detectives arrested the eight JMB leaders from the capital’s Uttara, including the group’s acting chief Abu Talha alias Fahim alias Pakhi. Pakhi is also the younger son of JMB chief Saidur Rahman.
Yesterday was the second day of their three-day remand.
“The arrestees are high-profile JMB leaders and are very professional. We have got no specific information on the murder from them. They only gave some common information that are of little use,” Mahfuzul Islam, additional deputy commissioner of the Detective Branch, told the Dhaka Tribune.
He said police were trying to get information on the plans the arrestees had and their destructive activities but with little success.
“It will be fruitless if we apply the common interrogation steps to glean information and that is why we are now playing mind games with them.
“To do so, we will lead them to false situations to make them disclose authentic information that we actually need to know for the investigation.
“A police team from Gaibandha is also working with us and we are hopeful that we will be reaching a conclusion soon,” added ADC Mahfuzul.
