Samiul murder accused Kamrul brought back home

Kamrul Islam, the prime accused in the teenage boy Rajon murder case, was brought back home from Saudi Arabia on Thursday, reports news agency UNB.

A three-member police team along with Kamrul reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 3:30pm.

The police team, led by additional superintendent of police Mahbubul Karim, had left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Monday for bringing the accused back.

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of the Police Headquarters on July 21 issued a red notice against absconding Kamrul through the Interpol after officially being sure that he was arrested in Riyadh.

On July 8, 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, son of Sheikh Azizur Rahman of Badeali village in Sadar upazila of Sylhet, was brutally tortured to death over a theft at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the Sylhet city.

The killers themselves took video footage of the incident, which went viral on social networking site Facebook and video-sharing site Youtube, triggering a widespread outcry.

Ten people were arrested in connection with the gruesome murder and eight of them made ‘confession’ separately to their involvement in the incident.

Later, the investigation officer of the case submitted a chargesheet accusing 13 people, including absconding Kamrul, on August 16 before court in Sylhet.

The other accused are Muhit Alam, 32, Shamim Alam, 20, Pavel Islam, 18, Ali Haider alias Ali, 34, Moyna Mia, 45, Nur Ahmed alias Nuru Mia, 20, Dulal Ahmed, 30, Ayaz Ali, 45, Taz Uddin Badal, 28, Firoz Mia, 50, Asmat Ali, 42, and Ruhul Amin, 25.

The fugitive accused were Kamrul Islam, his brother Shamim Ahmed and Pavel.

Kamrul Islam, 24, had 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 Kamrul to Bangladesh. On July 21, the Interpol issued a notice against him.