Train Attendant Murder
Arrestees name killers, one remanded
Two persons arrested in connection with the killing of train attendant Md Shamsul Haque on March 12 have disclosed the identities of the killers.
Sujat Khan, 35, and Nasima, 19, in their confessional statement before a judicial magistrate's court in Brahmanbaria on Monday also admitted to their involvement with the train robbery incident that led to the murder.
The arrestees gave them clues to previous murders on trains on the sane zone and it suggests the gang's possible involvements with other murders and criminal activities on the railway route, Md Wahiduzzamn, investigation officer (IO) of the murder case filed with Government railway police (GRP) at Akhaura Railway Junction, said.
The clue to Shamsul Haque murder came to light after Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday night arrested three suspected killers from different places of the district. Law enforcers later arrested two others in this connection.
The arrestees are Sujat Khan, 35, of Punnyout village of Brahmanbaria pourasabha, Maharam Ali, 20, of Radhanagar village under Akhaura upazila, Babu, 24, of Sarail,
Rakib, 24, his wife Nasima, 19, Jony, 24, and Shahin, 23, of Maurail village of Brahmanbaira pourasabha.
All the arrestees confessed to police about their direct and indirect involvement with the train staff murder.
They told police the names of two killers who are still at large.
Babu was produced before a court, which placed him on five days' remand.
According to Sujat Khan and Nasima's judicial confession, gang leader Rakib, Babu, Shahin, and two absconding killers bought five tickets from Chittagong Railway Station and got on a compartment of Dhaka-bound Chittagong Mail train Up 1 on March 11 in the guise of passengers. After the train had passed Comilla Railway Station at around 2:30am on March 12, they started looting money and valuables of the passengers.
They killed train attendant Md Samsul Haque, 54, by slitting his throat and put the body in the toilet of the compartment.
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