The probe body formed by the Public Administration Ministry following a High Court order has visited the area in Narayanganj from where the seven dead bodies including ward councillor Nazrul Islam were recovered.
The committee will take interviews of the victims’ family members on Saturday. After that it will submit its primary progress report to the court.
Public Administration Ministry’s Additional Secretary Shahjahan Ali Molla, also head of the committee, told the Dhaka Tribune prior to his visit to the spot yesterday afternoon.
He said: “It will take time to complete full investigation into such incident. A primary report will be submitted to the High Court within seven days according to its direction.
“We will talk to the families of the victims. We will also talk to those we deem necessary to find out the reason behind the incident. The RAB personnel suspended for their alleged involvement in the abduction will also be interrogated. After taking interviews and interrogating all those people we will prepare and submit a full report,” he added.
Asked about the involvement of a minister’s family members in the killing Shahjahan said: “There is no chance of being influenced by any quarter as our committee was formed on the instruction of the High Court.”
Earlier, the members of the committee held an emergency meetingat the committee chief’s ministry office.
Several important decisions were taken in the meeting which Shahjahandenied disclosing for the sake of investigation.
The other committee members are Public Administration Ministry’s Abdul Kaiyum Sarker and AbulKashemMohiuddin, Law Ministry’s Mostafizur Rahman and Mizanur Rahman Khan and Home Ministry’s Shafiqur Rahman and Sayeed Mahmud Belal Haider.
Abul Kashem Mohiuddin will act as member secretary of the probe committee.
Mohiuddinyesterday issued a letter to the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Narayanganjasking them to ensure the presence of all the family members of the victims at the DC office conference room at 10am on Saturday.
The probe committee will take interview and exchange views with them there, he informed on behave of the body.
On Wednesday, the public administration ministry constituted the seven-member probe body as per the High Court directive to investigate the abductions and killings of seven people in Narayanganj.
The High Court on May 6 ordered the public administration ministry to form a probe committee for investigating the seven murders in
Narayanganj. It also asked the ministry to submit a report within seven working days.
