bdnews24.com :
Anwar Shaheed, former chief scientific officer of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute or BWMRI, was murdered after he pressured a debtor to repay the Tk 1.2 million he had borrowed, according to the Rapid Action Battalion.
The information was gleaned from Zakirul Hossain, who planned the murder, and Md Saiful, who carried out the attack in Dhaka’s Shyamoli following their arrest in a case over the killing, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of RAB’s media wing, said on Monday. Zakirul and Saiful are both natives of Dinajpur, where Shaheed was stationed for 15 years. Zakirul owed the money to Shaheed, while Saiful works at his accomplice’s warehouse.
Shaheed was stabbed around 7 pm on Thursday at Holyland alley in Dhaka’s Shyamoli. He succumbed to his injuries around 11 pm that night at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital.
“Zakirul revealed in initial interrogation that he got acquainted with Shaheed when he was posted in Dinajpur and later became close friends.”
“Zakirul played middleman when Shaheed purchased land. Zakirul also took loans from Shaheed at different times, which accumulated to Tk 1.2 million,” Moin said, adding that the two remained in touch after Shaheed retired and arrived in Dhaka.
