Court starts recording witnesses' testimonies

A Sylhet court yesterday started the trial in the 13-year-old Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon murder case.

Both public prosecutor and defence lawyer cross-examined the complainant, suspended sub-inspector of Jalalabad Police Station Aminul Islam and witness Sheikh Azizur Rahman, father of the deceased.

Ten of the 13 charge sheeted accused were produced before the court yesterday. The court will hear all the 38 witnesses till October 15 while the next date for recording depositions is Sunday.

A team will visit Saudi Arabia to bring back the prime accused Kamrul Islam, who fled soon after the murder but was detained by Saudi police, when all the Hajj flights will end, said Sylhet Metropolitan Police Commissioner Kamrul Ahsan.

The other accused are Muhit Alam, Ali Haider, Nurul Amin, Dulal Ahmed, Nur Mia, Ayaz Ali, Tajuddin Ahmed alias Badal, Firoz Ali, Shamim, Ruhul Amin alias Moyna, Pavel and Asmat Ali. Shamim and Badal are also on the run.

On July 8, a group of brutes bludgeoned Rajon to death in Kumargaon Bus Stand area of Sylhet Sadar upazila as a punishment allegedly for his crime of stealing a rickshaw-van. One of the culprits even filmed the horrendous scene to share it on Facebook.