UNB, Dhaka :
Detectives on Thursday claimed to have cracked the Gopibagh six-murder case, saying they have already identified the suspected killers.
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the investigating agency of the gruesome murders, said they are sure that the incident was a planned one that took place over a religious conflict. It also said they were trying to arrest the suspects.
Six people, including a local ‘saint’ along with his banker son, were slaughtered by miscreants at RK Mission Road of Gopibagh
on December 21, 2013. Talking to reporters at the DMP Media Centre on Thursday, Joint Commissioner (DB) Monirul Islam said JMB militant Tarequl Islam Mithu, arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of former PDB chairman Khijir Khan of Badda, revealed that 7-8 JMB militants had been involved in the Gopibagh six-murder incident.
The detectives arrested Tarequl from Tangail and his accomplice Alek Bepari, a microbus driver, from Mirpur in the capital on October 14 over the Khijir Khan killing. Earlier, DB arrested four suspected JMB members in connection with the Gopibagh six murders. Though they had revealed that JMB was involved in the incident, they denied their involvement to the incident, he said.
“Finally, we had been able to know the names of the suspected killers after Tariqul divulged that 7-8 militants, led by its military wing commander Al-Bani alias Hujja alias Mahfuz alias Shahadat, took part in the killing mission,” said the DB official.
Shahadat, however, was killed in a reported encounter with detectives in Dwipnagar area under Darussalam thana of Mirpur in the city early November 6. “We would have got the name of the mastermind of the Gopibagh murders had Shahadat been arrested alive,” Monir said, hoping to arrest the other killers soon.
Miscreants slaughtered self-proclaimed saint Lutfar Rahman Faruq, 60, his son Sanwar Islam alias Monir, 30, a banker, and the saint’s four followers – Mujibur Rahman, 30, Russell, 25, and Shahin, 25, and Manju, 30.
Detectives on Thursday claimed to have cracked the Gopibagh six-murder case, saying they have already identified the suspected killers.
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the investigating agency of the gruesome murders, said they are sure that the incident was a planned one that took place over a religious conflict. It also said they were trying to arrest the suspects.
Six people, including a local ‘saint’ along with his banker son, were slaughtered by miscreants at RK Mission Road of Gopibagh
on December 21, 2013. Talking to reporters at the DMP Media Centre on Thursday, Joint Commissioner (DB) Monirul Islam said JMB militant Tarequl Islam Mithu, arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of former PDB chairman Khijir Khan of Badda, revealed that 7-8 JMB militants had been involved in the Gopibagh six-murder incident.
The detectives arrested Tarequl from Tangail and his accomplice Alek Bepari, a microbus driver, from Mirpur in the capital on October 14 over the Khijir Khan killing. Earlier, DB arrested four suspected JMB members in connection with the Gopibagh six murders. Though they had revealed that JMB was involved in the incident, they denied their involvement to the incident, he said.
“Finally, we had been able to know the names of the suspected killers after Tariqul divulged that 7-8 militants, led by its military wing commander Al-Bani alias Hujja alias Mahfuz alias Shahadat, took part in the killing mission,” said the DB official.
Shahadat, however, was killed in a reported encounter with detectives in Dwipnagar area under Darussalam thana of Mirpur in the city early November 6. “We would have got the name of the mastermind of the Gopibagh murders had Shahadat been arrested alive,” Monir said, hoping to arrest the other killers soon.
Miscreants slaughtered self-proclaimed saint Lutfar Rahman Faruq, 60, his son Sanwar Islam alias Monir, 30, a banker, and the saint’s four followers – Mujibur Rahman, 30, Russell, 25, and Shahin, 25, and Manju, 30.
