Rajon killing: No specifics over bringing back Kamrul

Authorities are yet to say when Kamrul Islam, who along with others beat the life out of 13-year-old child Rajon last month, will be brought back to the country.

“Necessary documents have been sent to Saudi Arab authorities through diplomatic channels of the foreign ministry last week,” Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, an assistant inspector general of police and in-charge of Interpol desk in Dhaka, said today.

Kamrul was seen most active in beating up the child – that was filmed by a laughing associate. The video was later released over the internet. It drew widespread flack.

“We are communicating with Interpol and relevant diplomatic channels so that Kamrul can be brought back to the country very soon,” Md Kamrul Ahsan, commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) said.

A group of brutes led by Kamrul beat the boy in Kumargaon Bus Stand area of Sylhet on the morning of July 8. His “crime”, they claimed, was stealing.

On July 13, autopsy report of 13-year-old Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon, who was brutally tortured to death in Sylhet, said the victim died due to brain haemorrhage after sustaining head injuries.

After Rajon’s death, expatriate Bangladeshis captured Kamrul in Saudi Arabia and handed him over to local police.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on July 17 said Kamrul would be brought back home from Saudi Arabia after Eid-ul-Fitr.