Three more remanded, two sent to jail over Savar cop killing

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three accused on a three-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of Special Branch (SB) Sub-Inspector Altaf Hossain, 58, at Amin Bazar in Savar.

Earlier, nine people, including the prime accused, were put on remands of different durations.

The freshly remanded accused are Rakib Mia, Sabbir Ahmed and Wasim.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna passed the orders following separate petitions filed by the police, said prosecution division Sub-Inspector Abu Bakkar Siddique.

The court also sent two other accused—Kashem Ali and Dadi Al Fayet Jit—to jail and fixed Thursday for a hearing on the remand prayer against them.

Earlier, investigating officer SI Md Zakir Al Ahsan of Amin Bazar Police Camp under Savar Model Police Station produced the five accused before the court and sought 10 days’ remand for each of them.

On 8 September, the court placed Md Alauddin, 29, Md Apon, 26, Md Jihad, 23, Imran Hossain, 25, Noor Mohammad Rudra, 24, and Md Golam Rabbi, 22, on five-day remand each, while Billal, 34, and Delwar, 33, were placed on three-day remand.

The court had earlier, on 7 September, placed the prime accused, Johurul, 32, on a five-day remand in the case.

According to the case statement, on 5 September, an argument broke out at around 7:30pm over a man parking his auto-rickshaw in front of Abul Kalam Azad’s auto garage in Bardebi West Para, Savar.

Altaf Hossain, who went there to stop the argument, himself came under attack by the accused. The accused, along with others, attacked him with rods, pipes, hammers and sticks, leaving him critically injured. He took shelter at his son Ariful Islam’s business establishment to save his life.

They also attacked Ariful and vandalised the establishment while he was trying to save his father. The injured were later taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared Altaf Hossain dead, while his son was admitted in critical condition.

Altaf’s wife, Mst Shuli Parvin, filed the murder case with Savar Police Station over the matter.