The lawmen are yet to trace Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the incidents of abduction and killing of seven individuals in Narayanganj.
“I have talked to the director generals of BGB and RAB, and they informed me that they could not trace Nur Hossain,” State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan told the Dhaka Tribune at his business office near Bijoy Sharani in the capital yesterday.
Nearly two weeks have passed since filing of cases against five suspects including Nur Hossain.
On April 27, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker were abducted along with five others.
Later, their bodies had been recovered from Shitalakshya river on April 30.
After the kidnapping, Nazrul’s wife Selina Islam filed an abduction case against Nur Hossain, vice-president of Siddhirganj Thana Awami League, general secretary Hazi Yasin and four others.
Nur Hossain has since gone into hiding.
Talking to this correspondent at his office, Asaduzzaman said: “I cannot remember the exact date, maybe three or four days before abduction, when Nazrul met me at my Manipuripara residence and said his life was under threat.”
“Nur Hossain might kill me as he along with his gang is looking for me,” the State Minister for Home quoted slain Nazrul Islam as saying.
The junior minister said: “I asked him to file a general diary with the police station and inform me so that I could take the next step.”
“But he did not inform me. Maybe he did not get time, and in the meantime, he was abducted and killed,” he added.
Asaduzzaman also said: “Nazrul came to me once again much earlier to convey his risk of life, and I asked the RAB director general to take steps.”
He, however, could not elaborate the previous incident.
