Staff Reporter :
Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the Narayanganj seven-murder cases, has filed two petitions with the High Court seeking the quashing of two cases filed in connection with the murders.
Lutfur Rahman Akanda, a counsel for Nur Hossain, on behalf of his client submitted the petitions with the HC on Sunday. The petitions will be moved to the HC bench comprising Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque next week, said the lawyer.
Lutfur Rahman Akanda told media that they filed the petitions seeking High Court’s order to scratch two murder cases filed against Nur Hossain, as ‘he was not involved with the murders’!
“The former officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) did not mention the name of Nur Hossain in their confessional statements nor did the witnesses said that Nur Hossain was present in person at the time of the murders,” he said.
He also said the murder case filed by Chandan Sarkar’s son-in-law did not even accuse Nur Hossain. So, inclusion of Nur Hossain’s name in the charge sheet is a ‘violation of law’, he said.
On April 27 in 2014, Narayanganj panel Mayor Nazrul Islam, his three associates and driver were abducted from Fatullah, Narayanganj. At the same time, senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker and his driver were also abducted.
Three days after their abduction, the bodies of six people, including those of Nazrul and Chandan Kumar, were found floating in the Shitalakkhya River on April 30. The following day, the body of Jahangir, car driver of Nazrul Islam, was also recovered from the river.
Nur Hossain and his accomplices went into hiding following the gruesome murders. Shahidul Islam alias Shahid Chairman, father-in-law of slain Nazrul Islam, alleged that some officials of RAB killed Nazrul Islam in exchange of Tk 6 crore from NCC Councillor Nur Hossain.
Days after the occurrence of the murders, Nur Hossain and two other accused– Khan Sumon and Wahiduzzaman — were arrested by the West Bengal police of India in Calcutta on June 14 in 2014.
Nur Hossain was brought back home from India on November 12 in 2015. He was shown arrested in 11 cases, including the two cases filed in connection with the seven-murder.
