M M Jasim :The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is yet to make any headway to the investigation into the Tonu murder case though it took the charge of the inquiry 13 days ago.CID investigators so far quizzed many people including Tonu’s parents and some army personnel, but they could not find any vital clue nor identify anyone involved in the brutal murder.Sohagi Jahan Tonu, an undergraduate student of Comilla Victoria College was found dead near her home inside the Moinamati Cantonment on March 20. Tonu’s father Yaar Hossain filed a murder case with Comilla Kotwali Model Police Station on March 21. Investigators initially suspected that she was raped before the murder. But the forensic team of Comilla Medical College did not find any sign of rape in the first autopsy conducted on Tonu’s body. It also failed to ascertain the cause of Tonu’s death. “It is very unfortunate that the investigators are yet to make any breakthrough in the probe into the Tonu murder case,” Ayesha Khanam, a rights activist told The New Nation on Sunday.She said, the sensational murder sparked protest across the country with people demanding justice for Tonu’s killing. But the slow progress into the probe disappointed the people. Criticizing CID’s failure to bring any breakthrough over the case, she said we expected a speedy trial of the killers but they failed to come up with the expectation hindering the process to establish the rule of law.The unnecessary delay over the investigation has raised many questions in the minds of the people. Their perception is that the delay may be causing to divert the case in other direction. Another rights activist seeking anonymity told The New Nation yesterday that the mystery behind the Tonu murder is yet to be revealed as the police have been under pressure to hush up the case.”Meanwhile there has been some progress in the case. It is hoped that they hoped the mystery would unfold soon,” CID Special Superintendent Abdul Kahar Akhand told reporters at the Comilla CID office on Saturday. On Sunday, Deputy Inspector General of CID Mahbub Mohsin visited the murder spot and also quizzed two doctors. The CID took the charge of Tonu murder case investigation on March 29. The CID has so far interrogated eight people, including four army personnel on April 9. The CID quizzed her parents Yaar Hossain and Anwara Hossain, brother Nazmul Hossain and a cousin-sister on April 2. The CID team also interrogated Tonu’s elder brother Nazmul Hossain, her cousin Laizu Jahan, friend Manisha, and cantonment board staff Ismail Hossain on April 8. The family members of Tonu, however, expressed resentment over the repeated questions by the investigators. “I was asked the same type of questions repeatedly. I am the plaintiff of the case but it seems that I am the accused,” Yaar Hossain told The New Nation on Sunday night. “They (law enforcers) asked, “Why did we not marry her off? Did Tonu have any affair? How would she spend the money she earned from tuitions? he said, adding, “Such questions seriously embarrassed me”. Tonu’s family members were first questioned by Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam of Kotwali police. He submitted the findings to the DB police.The second investigation officer of the case, DB police OC AKM Manzul Alam, said that they had interrogated Tonu’s family members to verify some information. The DB got the charge of the investigation on March 25.The Rapid Action Battalion and detectives in Comilla on March 27 quizzed the family members of Sohagi Jahan Tonu in connection with her murder a week earlier.Again in the afternoon, detectives took the family members from the Cantonment house to Kotwali Police Station for interrogation, said police.
