The Detective Branch of police has efused to take custody of 'Kamal, 29, detained by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), saying he was not connected with the murder of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) leader Dr Narayan Chandra Datta Nitai.
Deputy Commissioner of DB, Molla Nazrul Islam, told bdnews24.com on Monday that RAB had detained one 'Kamal' on Saturday and handed him over to them on Sunday. "In the course of our investigation, we found out that the detained Kamal was not the one whose name came up in connection with the murder," he said.
He was handed over to RAB the same night, the DB police official added.
After nabbing Kamal, RAB had claimed that they found his association with the 48-year-old doctor's murder.
Dr Nitai was knifed to death in the early hours of Thursday at his home in Mahakhali's National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) residential area.
On Sunday, a Dhaka court granted the police five days to interrogate the four suspects detained in connection with the murder.
The police official said in the course of quizzing, they found proof of the detainees' involvement in the murder.
Officer-in-Charge of Banani Police Station Mahbub Hasan told bdnews24.com on Monday that RAB had handed over one 'Kamal' to them in the wee hours of Monday. "He was later shown arrested for wandering around in a suspicious manner and produced before court on Monday," he added.
RAB Media Wing Director M Sohail told bdnews24.com that they had merely assisted the DB with its probe. He said Kamal was detained for his suspected connection with Nitai murder case.
The RAB spokesperson said in primary questioning they had found Kamal's involvement with the murder and handed him over to the DB, the main investigator of the case.
Sohail said DB's investigation might not find Kamal's association with the murder.
Police had nabbed four suspected robbers over two days after the murder and produced them before the media on Saturday. The law enforcers said they had recovered looted gold ornaments and the knife used for killing the doctor.
Those detained are Masud alias Peda, 28, Saidul, 38, Pichchi Kamal, 35 and Faisal, 32.
'Faisal' had told journalists that they had one 'Kamal' and 'Mintoo' with them.
The law enforcers had been insisting that Nitai's murder took place during a burglary despite his family's belief that it was a premeditated murder over recruitment in a hospital.
The father of the deceased, Tarit Kanti Datta, had filed a case over the incident with the Banani police mentioning that Tk 500,000 was missing after the incident.
Nitai's brother-in-law Surash Chowdhury claimed that it was premeditated murder.
He alleged Nitai was being threatened over recruitment of class three and four employees at the NIDCH but failed to name anyone.
Deputy Commissioner of DB, Molla Nazrul Islam, told bdnews24.com on Monday that RAB had detained one 'Kamal' on Saturday and handed him over to them on Sunday. "In the course of our investigation, we found out that the detained Kamal was not the one whose name came up in connection with the murder," he said.
He was handed over to RAB the same night, the DB police official added.
After nabbing Kamal, RAB had claimed that they found his association with the 48-year-old doctor's murder.
Dr Nitai was knifed to death in the early hours of Thursday at his home in Mahakhali's National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) residential area.
On Sunday, a Dhaka court granted the police five days to interrogate the four suspects detained in connection with the murder.
The police official said in the course of quizzing, they found proof of the detainees' involvement in the murder.
Officer-in-Charge of Banani Police Station Mahbub Hasan told bdnews24.com on Monday that RAB had handed over one 'Kamal' to them in the wee hours of Monday. "He was later shown arrested for wandering around in a suspicious manner and produced before court on Monday," he added.
RAB Media Wing Director M Sohail told bdnews24.com that they had merely assisted the DB with its probe. He said Kamal was detained for his suspected connection with Nitai murder case.
The RAB spokesperson said in primary questioning they had found Kamal's involvement with the murder and handed him over to the DB, the main investigator of the case.
Sohail said DB's investigation might not find Kamal's association with the murder.
Police had nabbed four suspected robbers over two days after the murder and produced them before the media on Saturday. The law enforcers said they had recovered looted gold ornaments and the knife used for killing the doctor.
Those detained are Masud alias Peda, 28, Saidul, 38, Pichchi Kamal, 35 and Faisal, 32.
'Faisal' had told journalists that they had one 'Kamal' and 'Mintoo' with them.
The law enforcers had been insisting that Nitai's murder took place during a burglary despite his family's belief that it was a premeditated murder over recruitment in a hospital.
The father of the deceased, Tarit Kanti Datta, had filed a case over the incident with the Banani police mentioning that Tk 500,000 was missing after the incident.
Nitai's brother-in-law Surash Chowdhury claimed that it was premeditated murder.
He alleged Nitai was being threatened over recruitment of class three and four employees at the NIDCH but failed to name anyone.
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