The high-powered probe committee, formed by the government to investigate the Narayanganj seven-murder case, plans to request the High Court to extend the investigation time by four more weeks to quiz some high officials and five detained RAB members.
The probe body has, however, backtracked from its decision to grill prime accused Nur Hossain in Kolkata, considering the government move to bring him back.
The sources in the probe body yesterday confirmed the Dhaka Tribune about its recent move.
Probe body chief Shahjahan Ali Mollah, also additional secretary of the Public Administration Ministry, told the Dhaka Tribune that they would interrogate some senior officials shortly.
“The body has already asked Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Zillar Rahman and Dhaka Range Deputy Inspector General of Police Mahfuzul Haque Nuruzzaman to face the interrogation,” he added.
He said DIG Nuruzzaman will be interrogated at 2:30 pm on Sunday while Divisional Commissioner Zillar at 10:30 am on September 2 at the secretariat office of the probe body chief.
“Although the probe is in the final stage, we have decided to quiz the senior officials of division level administration and take their opinions. They will be quizzed on the scheduled date. They have already been asked to face the interrogation,” he said.
Mollah said, “The probe committee will also take steps to interrogate five detained RAB members who have already given primary confessional statements to the court.”
“They will be quizzed after their police remand ends. They will be grilled at the jail gate separately,” he added.
He said, “We have already started preparing the draft of the probe report. It’s still in the initial stage. It may take enough time to complete preparing the final report as it is a sensitive incident.”
“We have already identified killers and responsible persons behind the incident, reasons and motives of the murder interrogating and talking with the local people. We are still talking with the people. We will try to continue quizzing the related persons until the report is being handed over,” he said.
Earlier, the police on Tuesday arrested five more RAB members suspected to be involved in the gruesome seven murders and a court placed them on an eight-day remand.
The arrestees are Habildar Mohammad Emdadul Haque, Radio Operator Md Arif Hossain, Lance Naik Hira Mia, Sepoy Md Belal Hossain and guard Abu Tayeb.
On April 27, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, three of his aides and driver, and senior lawyer Chandan Sarkar and his driver were kidnapped from the Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road. Three days later, six bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya. The seventh body was recovered from the river the next day.
Selina Islam Beauty, the wife of Nazrul, filed a case with Fatullah Model police station naming Nur Hossain as the prime accused; while Chandan Sarker’s son-in-law Bijoy Kumar Pal filed a separate case with Fatullah police station for the killing of Chandan and his driver Ibrahim.
