Claiming that his family members were not involved with the Narayanganj seven murder, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has demanded arrest and trial of the accused.
The minister also assured the authorities concerned to extend his support for probing the abduction and killing incident.
The minister made the demand while talking to journalists at his ministry office at secretariat on Wednesday afternoon.
He said: “I also want to bring the suspected killers under trial after arresting them respecting the demands of the people of the country. Every involved persons should be arrested. I want to extend all necessary support in this regard.
I should not tell anything else in this regard as it is under investigation,” he added.
Replying to a query whether he would resign after “being remorseful for the involvement of his family members with the killing,” Maya, also the general secretary of the Awami League’s Dhaka city unit, left his seat without making any comment.
Earlier, the minister denied the involvement of his family members with the killing incident through a statement.
NCC Ward Councilor Nazrul Islam, senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker and five of their associates were abducted from Narayangonj on April 27. Their dead bodies were recovered from the Shitalakkhya River after three days of their abduction.
Nazrul’s father-in-law Shahidul claimed that local councilor Nur Hossain killed them by financing RAB11 officials.
Maya's son-in-law former Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mahmud was removed from his post as the chief of the Narayanganj RAB unit two days after the abduction.
Later, three RAB officials, including Tarek, were sent to retirement.
On Sunday, the High Court directed the authorities concerned to arrest the RAB officials.
On Monday, in the light of the HC order, the home ministry ordered the authorities concerned to arrest the trio.
