No headway in police officer murder case

Law enforcement agencies interrogate Gautam's two friends

21 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Law enforcers are yet to arrest the killers or establish the motive behind the killing of police officer Gautam Roy, although two days have passed after the murder. Gautam, second officer of Bangshal Police Station, was shot dead in the city's Dholaikhal area in the early hours of Tuesday. The police are investigating the incident to find out whether SI Gautam had any rivalry with any individual or criminal gangs that led to the killing or some quarters hired the killers. Law enforcement agencies yesterday interrogated several local people, including Gautam's friends Azam and Shamim, but failed to get any information regarding the motive behind the killing, said Officer-in-charge (OC) Nazrul Islam of Sutrapur Police Station. Unidentified gunmen killed Gautam, and wounded his hotelier friend Mohammad Shamim near Mohiuddin Market at Dholaikhal at about 2:30am when Gautam and his friends Azam reached the spot in Shamim's car where Shamim was waiting. Gautam and Shamim came under gun attack, as Gautam tried to take out his firearm while searching three young men who were roaming there suspiciously. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Mahbub Alam of Detective Branch of Police said two DB teams under his supervision are investigating the incident. Meanwhile, the government yesterday sanctioned Tk 3 lakh and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) authority Tk 1 lakh from its welfare fund for Gautam's family, says a DMP press release.