Families of the six students killed in mob beating in Aminbazar on the outskirts of the city last week have demanded arrest of sand trader Abdul Malek and investigation into the role of the officer-in-charge of Savar Police Station.
The actual incident will come to light if the two are interrogated, they said in separate written statements to a high-powered police probe team yesterday.
The families also demanded withdrawal of the robbery case filed by the sand trader against the six and one injured.
They alleged that OC Mahbubur Rahman is acting mysteriously since the killings on July 18.
Contacted, the OC refused to comment on the matter.
Yesterday, the investigation team took statements of the relatives for the second time at the office of the deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Tejgaon division) from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
After giving the depositions, the family members told reporters that their boys did not go to Aminbazar for robbery. They claimed miscreants stabbed and beat to death them in police presence.
Three of the deceased were from Mirpur Bangla College, and one each from Tejgaon College, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) and Maple Leaf International School.
Sirajul Islam, brother of slain Touhidur Rahman Palash, told The Daily Star that those responsible for the incident are very powerful and remain beyond reach.
Savar police filed a murder case against some 600 unnamed villagers in connection with the killings and arrested two accused on Saturday.
Sanwar Hossain and Md Selim of Baradeshi, the arrested, were taken on a two-day remand for interrogation on Sunday. However, they were sent to jail the day after as they fell sick.
The case was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department last night.
Source : The Daily Star
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