A Khulna court has placed two prime accused in the murder of 12-year-old Md Rakibul Islam in remand for five days.
The Court of Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate Faruk Iqbal issued the order yesterday after hearing a remand petition placed by police, said Sub-Inspector Kazi Mostaq, investigation officer of the case.
Police presented Sharif and Mintu before the court yesterday afternoon and sought to place the accused in remand for 10 days.
The petition was backed by counsels representing a number of human rights organisations who were present at the hearing, said Mominul Islam, coordinator of Human Rights Implementation Organisation’s Khulna unit.
The court then granted a five-day remand, and both the accused were taken to Khulna Sadar police station.
The child, Rakib, was killed as the accused, along with Sharif’s mother Beauty Begum, pumped air into his body through his rectum at Sharif’s automobile workshop, as a “punishment” for leaving the workshop and taking up a job elsewhere. The horrifying incident happened on the evening of August 3 at Tutpara in Khulna city.
His death sparked an outrage among the locals, who gave Sharif, Mintu and Beauty a good beating before handing them over to police.
Injured from the beating, Sharif and Mintu were sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital’s prison cell for treatment. The hospital released them on Sunday, and they were in police custody before police took them to court.
