Russell Killing Case
Prime accused gives confessional statement
Jotirmoy Sarkar Joy, the main accused in Mahbub Alam Russell killing case, gave confessional statement before the Judicial Magistrate's Court in Natore on Sunday.
In the statement, Joy said his friend Sabbir Hossain planned the murder of Russell a few months ago and discussed it with him, but he refused to kill Russel then.
Meantime, Russell pressed Sabbir and Joy to return the money (Tk 4.5 lakh) he lent the two. At one stage, Joy agreed to murder Russell and fixed April 4 for the killing.
According to the plan, Sabbir and Joy killed their friend Russell behind Charu Mama's canteen in Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) around 1:00am on April 5.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police recovered the decomposed body of Russell, 24, behind a bush near Charu Mama's canteen on April 22.
Joy was arrested Friday, but Sabbir has still been fugitive.
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