Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
The confusion persists centering the resignation of Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter. On the other hand, Home Minister, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Police Investigation Bureau (PIB) and Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) remain silent about the issue.
But the media have already published that Babul resigned from his job under pressure during the ’15-hour detention’ at Detective Branch (DB) office recently.
The investigators have not, however unveiled any information about the suspect killer Kamrul Sikder alias Musa.
When contacted, Iqbal Bahar, Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), told The New Nation on Thursday, “I have no chance to make any comment about Babul’s involvement with the murder and his resignation from the job during the interrogation at DB office.”
In a query, the CMP Commissioner said that he would not make any comment about Musa also.
The CMP has slapped a travel ban on five suspected killers of police super Babul Akter’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.
He further said, police will inform the media about the headway report in due time.
Banaj Kumar Majumder, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Bureau of Investigation (PIB), said, “He was a member of the investigation team and now he is not there.”
In reply to a query, the DIG said that he did not know anything about the resignation of SP Babul from his job.
Police headquarter sources said, Babul Akter signed his resignation letter when he was interrogated. “Babul had to choose either of two options — to face trial for his alleged link with his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu’s murder or to resign,” they said.
The resignation letter, however, is yet to be submitted to the police headquarters, they added.
Police said that seven to eight persons took part in the murder. Of them, three attacked Mitu and others were backup team members. Police have so far picked up six persons. Of them, three have been shown arrested.
Assistant Commissioner Md Kamruzzaman of Detective Branch of the CMP, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, said another accused, Kamrul Sikder alias Musa, was still on the run.
Musa had been an informer for several police high officials, including Babul, since 2003, he said.
Recently, two other accused, Wasim and Anwar, in their confessional statement to a magistrate, said Musa hired six others.
But CMP sources, however, said Musa had already been picked up and he had divulged “some information”.
Earlier, Babul was picked up from his father-in-law’s home at Meradia in the capital on June 24 and was interrogated for 15 hours at the Detective Branch of office on Minto Road in the capital.
The sources further said three high rank police officials told him that they had evidence of his link to the murder and gave him the options.
“Although Babul did not admit his involvement, he opted to sign the resignation letter considering the future of his two children,” they said, wishing anonymity.
