Dr Nitai Murder
Arrested 4 on remand
Doctors observe 2hrs work abstention
Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad brings out a procession at Teacher-Student Centre in Dhaka University yesterday demanding exemplary punishment of the killers of Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta alias Nitai.Photo: STAR
A Dhaka court yesterday placed on a five-day remand four of the five arrested over the murder of an assistant professor of the National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta alias Nitai. Rapid Action Battalion Legal and Media Wing Director Commander M Sohail said the fifth arrestee, Kamrul Islam alias Kamal, whom they picked up from Rajarbagh on August 25, was handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of Police yesterday. However, DB (North) Deputy Commissioner Mollah Nazrul Islam said they did not receive Kamal. Dr Nitai, an executive committee member of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), was stabbed to death at his quarters in the NIDCH compound in the capital's Mohakhali on August 23. As per BMA's previous declaration, doctors of the country's public and private hospitals observed a two-hour work abstention from 11:00am to 1:00pm for the second consecutive day yesterday protesting the murder. This caused suffering to hundreds of healthcare seekers as many were forced to wait in long queues in the hospitals' outdoor sections. The four accused -- Peda Mashud, Saidul, Pichhi Kalam, and Faisal -- were arrested by DB from the capital's Mohakhali Sattola Slum and Kamrangirchar area. Dr Narayan's father, Tarit Kanti Datta, filed a murder case with Banani Police Station on August 23 accusing unknown criminals. The case was transferred to the DB the following day. Yesterday, NIDCH doctors and staff, wearing black badges, went on a work abstention from 8:00am to 2:30pm for the second consecutive day. Doctors' leaders, at a rally BMA and Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad organised at Bottola of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday, announced a seven-day programme. Those include wearing black badges and holding rallies and processions. They also placed a six-point demand, including accelerating the process to try the killers, ensuring security at hospitals, stopping attacks on doctors and evicting illegal establishments and outsiders from hospitals. Later, the leaders met Home Minister Shahara Khatun at her office where she assured to transfer the case to the speedy trial courts and stated that the slum was a criminal hub and needed to be evicted.
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