Key accused Kamrul sent to jail

A Sylhet court yesterday sent prime accused Kamrul Islam to jail in connection with the case filed for killing 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon, a day after he was brought back home from Saudi Arabia.

Sylhet Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2 Anwarul Haque passed the order after Inspector Suranjit Talukdar of Detective Branch (DB) of police, also investigation officer of the case, produced Kamrul before the court.

The court also fixed October 18 for the next hearing of the case, Abdul Ahad, senior assistant commissioner (prosecution) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star.

Kamrul was brought back from Saudi Arabia on Thursday, three months after he fled Bangladesh.

He landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International  Airport under police escort around 3:00pm, and was taken to Sylhet around 10:00pm of Thursday.

Kamrul was among the group of brutes who had tortured Rajon in Sylhet on July 8. Rajon's “crime”, they claimed, was trying to steal a rickshaw van. The boy died of brain haemorrhage; his body bore 64 injury marks.

The victim's father filed a case with Jalalabad Police Station in which Kamrul was made the key accused.

On September 22, a Sylhet court framed charges against 13 people, including Kamrul. Of those indicted, 11 have been arrested so far.

Meanwhile, Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court has already recorded testimonies of 35 out of 38 witnesses in the case. The court will record the testimonies of other witnesses on October 18.

In a video that went viral in the social media, Kamrul in a black T-shirt and lungi was seen hitting 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon with a stick in the feet, joints of legs, shoulders and in the head.

One of the culprits filmed the torture on a mobile phone and shared it on social media.

Caught in Jeddah by some expatriate Bangladeshis on July 13, Kamrul was handed over to local police. Later, Kamrul was sent to jail in Riyadh from where he was flown to Dhaka.

Who assisted Kamrul in fleeing to Saudi Arabia? Rajon's father Sheikh Azizur Rahman asked while talking to journalists yesterday.  

He said he wanted to know their names from Kamrul and demanded their punishment.