Police team to go to KSA to bring back Rajon murder accused
A three-member team of police would go to Saudi Arabia for bringing back Quamrul Islam, the fugitive accused in the teenage boy Rajon murder case, reports UNB news agency.
The members of the team are additional superintendent of police headquarters Mahbubul Karim, senior assistant superintendent of police AFM Nizam Uddin and additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police Rahmat Ullah.
Rahmat Ullah, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said “The date for going to Saudi Arabia has not been fixed yet but it will be finalized within a few days”
Kamrul would be brought back home with the help of Interpol and Saudi police, he said.
On 8 July, 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, son of Sheikh Azizur Rahman of Badeali village in Sadar upazila, was brutally tortured to death over a theft at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the city.
The killers themselves took the video footage of the incident, which went viral on social networking site Facebook and video-sharing site Youtube which triggered a widespread outcry.
Ten people were arrested in connection with the gruesome murder and eight of them made their ‘confessional’ statements separately to their involvement in the incident of Rajon murder.
Quamrul Islam, 24, brother of main accused Muhit Alam, fled to Saudi Arabia after the incident where he was held by local Bangladeshis and then handed over to Jeddah police.
The Saudi Interior Ministry earlier approved the extradition of Quamrul to Bangladesh.
On 21 July, Interpol issued a notice against Quamrul.
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