Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
There is no significant progress in the investigation of the gruesome murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, former student of Comilla Victoria College, even after elapsing of more than 20 months since the killing on March 20 last year.
The family members and locals, expressed anger and frustration as the killers are yet to be identified, said our Comilla Correspondent quoting law enforcers and relatives of the victims.
The countrymen, mainly right activists also expressed their doubt over the trial as the investigators of Tonu murder case could not yet identify
the killers, let alone arresting anyone in passing the long time of the incident.
The second year student at History Department of the college was found dead beside the Comilla Mainamati Cantonment area. She was reportedly raped by an organized gang at the time she was going for private tuition.
Her murder sparked a huge public outcry and people from home and abroad demanded justice for the college girl.
Doctors at forensic department of Comilla Medical College and Hospital conducted two autopsies on her body, but their reports did not mention any clear cause of her death.
In the latest, a CID team led by Special Superintendent Abdul Kahar Akand and Senior ASP Jalal Uddin Ahmed (Investigation Officer) quizzed five family members of Tonu at Malibagh Head Office from 10:00am to 8:00pm on Wednesday.
Those who were present in the CID office are Tonu’s father Yaar Hossain, mother Anwara Begum, brother Anwar Hossain alias Rubel, and cousins Minhaz Hosaain and Laizu Jahan .
The CID officials asked them in connection with the murder respectively, CID sources said.
They previously claimed that semen of three men were found in DNA test, but the officials concerned denied to make any comment over further development.
Yaar Hossain repeatedly claimed that the DNA test results finally had exposed the truth. He said attempts had been made to conceal the truth in the police inquest and the first autopsy reports.
“Whoever the killers are, I want their trial.” “I hope that I will see the trial of my daughter’s murder before my death,” Anwara Begum said with tears rolling down her cheek.
She said that they have little hope for proper investigation.
Rubel told the New Nation on Wednesday night that the investigators quizzed them almost same questions like the previous period.
He claimed that they were mainly asked about the family’s relation with neighbors and Tonu’s familiar persons.
“The CID team repeatedly assured them of the proper investigation and justice,” he said. They suggested us to be patience about justice, he added.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday echoed with the investigators and expressed his hope that investigation would reveal the truth behind the killing Tonu.
The minister said this at a time when the family members of murdered Tonu were being questioned by the officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters.
He was talking to journalists after attending the 15th founding anniversary of Southeast University in Tejgaon Commercial Area in the city on Wednesday.
“The CID is investigating Tonu murder case. I’m hopeful that the CID can reveal the truth. That is why Tonu’s family members were summoned in Dhaka as part of the probe,” Asaduzzaman Khan said.
Earlier, Bangladesh Army has been extending full and sincere cooperation to the authorities probing the murder of Tonu, said the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) .
Jalaluddin Ahmed, Investigation Officer of the case and senior assistant superintendent of CID police in Comilla, said they have been working to identify the killers of Tonu.
He, however, did not disclose further details about the investigation.
Contacted, Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon), Comilla unit, Joint General Secretary Maimuna Akter Rubi said the country has been witnessing everyday torture on women and murder. Trial of Tonu murder is a must for preventing those incidents.
The body of Tonu, 19, a second year history student of Victoria College and a member of Victoria College Theatre, was recovered from Comilla’s Mynamati Cantonment area on the night of March 20, 2016. Police suspected that she was raped before the murder.
There is no significant progress in the investigation of the gruesome murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, former student of Comilla Victoria College, even after elapsing of more than 20 months since the killing on March 20 last year.
The family members and locals, expressed anger and frustration as the killers are yet to be identified, said our Comilla Correspondent quoting law enforcers and relatives of the victims.
The countrymen, mainly right activists also expressed their doubt over the trial as the investigators of Tonu murder case could not yet identify
the killers, let alone arresting anyone in passing the long time of the incident.
The second year student at History Department of the college was found dead beside the Comilla Mainamati Cantonment area. She was reportedly raped by an organized gang at the time she was going for private tuition.
Her murder sparked a huge public outcry and people from home and abroad demanded justice for the college girl.
Doctors at forensic department of Comilla Medical College and Hospital conducted two autopsies on her body, but their reports did not mention any clear cause of her death.
In the latest, a CID team led by Special Superintendent Abdul Kahar Akand and Senior ASP Jalal Uddin Ahmed (Investigation Officer) quizzed five family members of Tonu at Malibagh Head Office from 10:00am to 8:00pm on Wednesday.
Those who were present in the CID office are Tonu’s father Yaar Hossain, mother Anwara Begum, brother Anwar Hossain alias Rubel, and cousins Minhaz Hosaain and Laizu Jahan .
The CID officials asked them in connection with the murder respectively, CID sources said.
They previously claimed that semen of three men were found in DNA test, but the officials concerned denied to make any comment over further development.
Yaar Hossain repeatedly claimed that the DNA test results finally had exposed the truth. He said attempts had been made to conceal the truth in the police inquest and the first autopsy reports.
“Whoever the killers are, I want their trial.” “I hope that I will see the trial of my daughter’s murder before my death,” Anwara Begum said with tears rolling down her cheek.
She said that they have little hope for proper investigation.
Rubel told the New Nation on Wednesday night that the investigators quizzed them almost same questions like the previous period.
He claimed that they were mainly asked about the family’s relation with neighbors and Tonu’s familiar persons.
“The CID team repeatedly assured them of the proper investigation and justice,” he said. They suggested us to be patience about justice, he added.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday echoed with the investigators and expressed his hope that investigation would reveal the truth behind the killing Tonu.
The minister said this at a time when the family members of murdered Tonu were being questioned by the officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters.
He was talking to journalists after attending the 15th founding anniversary of Southeast University in Tejgaon Commercial Area in the city on Wednesday.
“The CID is investigating Tonu murder case. I’m hopeful that the CID can reveal the truth. That is why Tonu’s family members were summoned in Dhaka as part of the probe,” Asaduzzaman Khan said.
Earlier, Bangladesh Army has been extending full and sincere cooperation to the authorities probing the murder of Tonu, said the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) .
Jalaluddin Ahmed, Investigation Officer of the case and senior assistant superintendent of CID police in Comilla, said they have been working to identify the killers of Tonu.
He, however, did not disclose further details about the investigation.
Contacted, Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon), Comilla unit, Joint General Secretary Maimuna Akter Rubi said the country has been witnessing everyday torture on women and murder. Trial of Tonu murder is a must for preventing those incidents.
The body of Tonu, 19, a second year history student of Victoria College and a member of Victoria College Theatre, was recovered from Comilla’s Mynamati Cantonment area on the night of March 20, 2016. Police suspected that she was raped before the murder.
