Khaled placed on 7-day remand in murder case

Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, a suspended leader of Jubo League of Dhaka (South) unit, has been placed on a seven-day remand in a murder case.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atikul Islam passed the order after investigation officer Mina Mahmuda, also a superintendent of police, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), produced Khaled before the court seeking 10-day remand prayer.

According to the case documents, Khaled and his associates shot Israil Hossain alias Israfil Hossain and his son Sharif Hossain Saimon in front of the house of Anowar Hossain in Khilgaon area of Dhaka on September 4, 2014. At that time, they looted 38 lakh taka from the victims.

Saimon was killed on the spot while Israil sustained injuries critically in the shooting. Later, Israil died on April 1, 2016 while undergoing treatment.

Majibar Rahman, elder brother of Israil, filed a murder case with Khilgaon Police Station against some three to four unidentified people on September 5 that year.

On August 22, 2017, Sub-Inspector Nipen Kumar Bhowmik of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka accusing three men —Kazi Sirajul Islam, Md Shahin alias Sirajul Islam and Golam Mostofa Shahin alias Police Shahin.

Then, a Dhaka court directed PBI for further investigation on February 22 last year. The PBI investigators found Khaled’s involvement in the incident.