A Panchagarh court has placed three more suspects on remand in two cases filed in connection with the murder of a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila.
After a hearing on Saturday, Judge Marzia Khatun of the Cognisance Court-2 put the trio on 10-day remand each in the murder case.
The court also placed them on an eight-day remand in the case filed for allegedly possessing illegal firearms and explosives.
Those who were placed on remand are: Alamgir Hossain, 35, son of Rafiqul lslam from Kamat Para; Ramzan Ali, 22, son of Late Abul Khair from Kilganj Mashjid Para; and Hares Ali, 35, son of Late Mozammel Huq from Kalirdanga Shotha Para of the upazila.
According to police, they were picked up in an overnight drive conducted on Thursday and Friday. On Friday police said they have arrested three suspected Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists, including the possible mastermind behind the priest murder.
Earlier on February 23, court placed three suspects– Khalilur Rahman, 55, Babul Hossain, 28, and Jahangir Hossain — on a 15-day remand in the two cases.Earlier on February 21, assailants hacked the 50-year-old Hindu priest Jogeshwar Roy, who headed the Santo Gaurio temple, to death.
Another priest named Gopal Chandra Roy sustained bullet injury in the same attack. Now, he is being treated at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.Jogeswar’s elder brother Rabindranath Roy filed the murder case with Debiganj Police Station accusing three unknown people. Mojibur Rahman, Sub-Inspector (SI) of the police station filed the other case.
Source : samakal
