School boy murder: RAB source on 3-day remand

Abdur Rakib (left) Olema League General Secretary and alleged source of RAB Ataur Rahman Geda (right) who were also involved in abduction and killers of Abu Sayeed were arrested and taken to Sylhet court on Monday. Banglar Chokh
Abdur Rakib (left) Olema League General Secretary and alleged source of RAB Ataur Rahman Geda (right) who were also involved in abduction and killers of Abu Sayeed were arrested and taken to Sylhet court on Monday. Banglar Chokh
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Sylhet Correspondent :A district court has granted three-day remand to an alleged source of RAB in connection with the killing of a school boy Abu Sayeed after abduction in Sylhet.Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court 1 Judge Shahedul Karim granted the remand after police produced the RAB source Geda Mia before the court with a 10-day remand prayer on Monday afternoon.Police also sought seven-day remand for detained Olama League General Secretary Abdur Rakib. The hearing on the petition was underway when the story was filed. Meanwhile, locals staged a human chain in Kumarpar area on Monday morning, demanding exemplary punishment to the killers of Abu Sayeed.Police recovered the decomposed body of Abu Sayeed, a student of Class IV from constable Ebadur’s house in Kumarpara Jharnarpar residential area in Sylhet on Saturday night.Police detained constable Ebadur, district Olama League Secretary Abdur Rakib and RAB police source Geda Mia for their alleged involvement in the abduction and murder.Arrested Ebadur Rahman has given confessional statement before a Sylhet court, admitting his involvement in the abduction and killing. In the court, Ebadur said he and Geda first wanted to free the boy after getting ransom. But, later, they changed their minds and killed him on Thursday fearing that the boy might disclose their names as both of them once used to live near the house of Sayeed and known to him as uncle (mama).The body of Sayeed was recovered from the house of police constable Ebadur Raman at Kumarpara in the city on Saturday night, five days after his abduction.

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