Murder-accused kills again while on bail

On May 26 night, 25-year-old Amir Hossain was stabbed dead during an attempted mugging at Subidbazar area of Sylhet city.

A week later on last Tuesday (June 2), Police arrested two muggers in connection with the murder, who confessed before a Sylhet court the next day.

One of the arrestees, Mirza Atik, is also an accused in the murder case of Mahid Al Salam, a former student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.

Mahid was stabbed and killed by a group of muggers on early March 26, 2018, at Kadamtali area of the city, while he was on his way to Dhaka for a job interview.

In connection with Mahid's murder, Mirza Atik, along with another mugger Tayef Mohammad Ripon, were arrested from Kadamtali area the next day. Atik confessed before a Sylhet court on March 28.

Mahid's family's lawyer Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam Sahin said, "The murder accused Mirza Atik was freed on bail from High Court and it turns out that he committed similar crime again."

"Such serial offenders do not deserve the court's sympathy and the court should reconsider bail petition of such criminals. Law enforcement officials should also include previous criminal activities of an arrestee so that the court can understand that they are serial offenders," he said.

Mahid's uncle ATM Hasan Jebul said, "Mahid's murderer killed another person in a similar way, and this happened only because of the slow judicial procedure. Court should be more careful about bailing anyone who is accused in several criminal cases."

Ajbahar Ali, deputy commissioner (north) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said, "We did not have information that he continued mugging while on bail, but we arrested him in connection of Amir's murder. He was sent to jail after appearing before a Sylhet court and confessing."