Accolade for three men

Police yesterday arranged a reception for three people who helped to capture Obaidul Kader, 28, the killer of Suraiya Akhter Risha, a Class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School in Dhaka, from Sonarai Bazar of Domar upazila in the district.

Meat trader Dulal Hossen, 45, son of Aftabuddin Ahmed of Horinchara village, detained the killer on August 29 with the help of three-wheeler driver Ismail Hossain, 22, son of Yasin Ali of Sonarai village, and Sonarai union parishad member Shahjahan Ali, 35, son of Abdul Basit.

At yesterday's reception on the premises of Domar Police Station, Nilphamari Superintendent of Police (SP) Zakir Hossain as chief guest handed over crests and envelopes containing certain amounts of money to the three recipients.

Domar police and community policing forum arranged the programme.

The SP emphasized the need for co-operation between people and police to eliminate crime from the society.

Local public representatives, political leaders, and a large number of people attended the ceremony presided over by Domar Police Station OC Ahmed Raziur Rahman.

"I helped arresting the killer out of responsibility as I have a daughter who is of the same age as victim Risha," said Dulal Hossen, who as the first detector of the absconding killer, informed the police through cell phone.

Obaidul Khan, a tailoring shop employee, stabbed Risha near her school in the capital on August 24, and she succumbed to her injuries on August 28.