Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested six people over suspicion of being linked with planning the robbery and murdering Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) leader Dr Narayan Chandra Datta Nitai.
The elite force presented the six arrestees including Dr Nitai's car driver Kamrul Hasan Arun and his chamber manager Saifur Rahman before the press at its headquarters on Sunday.
RAB claimed Saifur was the mastermind behind the robbery plan while he rebutted the accusation.
At the press meet, Arun also named Saifur as the main man behind the robbery which turned into a murder. RAB officials whisked both of them away from the reporters after they began arguing angrily following Arun's claim.
Police's Detective Branch arrested five other suspects earlier who have already confessed to the link with the murder.
RAB disclosed the arrest of the six new suspects on Sunday, taking the number of total arrestees in connection with the incident to 11. DB officials were also present at the press conference.
The other RAB arrestees are compounder Tariqul Islam and Bokul Mia, Rafiqul Islam and Mohammad Sayeed.
The elite force said Bokul, Rafiqul and Sayeed directly participated in the robbery while the other three planned the whole affairs.
Detectives had arrested Masum Mintu, 'Masud', 'Saidul', Pichchi Kalam, and 'Faisal', on Aug 25.
Masum Mintu, a professional thief, was presented by Detective Branch officials on Saturday noon who claimed to stab Nitai first in the chest, followed by Bakul after they broke into the first floor of the house by cutting the grill.
Dr Nitai, a BMA Executive Committee member and Swadhinota Chikitshok Parishad (SwaChiP) leader, was knifed to death on Aug 23 early morning at his home on Mahakhali's National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) residential area.
RAB spokesperson M Sohail said at Sunday's press meet: "We are not done yet. The investigation will dig up anybody who has been left out but who was a part of the plan."
He said the six were arrested in the last two days from Tongi, Mawa and the capital's Karwan Bazar and Mohakhali areas in raids.
Saifur was the manager of the Dr Nitai's chamber at Reliance Medical and Services. On Sunday, he was made to confront driver Arun whose link to the murder was brought to light on Saturday by Masum Mintu, one of the arrestees who law enforcers claim had made the fatal stabs that killed Dr Nitai.
Arun said, "Saifur managed the driver's job for me. Later, he proposed to me to rob Tk 2 million and about 100 bhoris of gold from Dr Nitai's house."
He also claimed that Saifur had given him Tk 500 and told him to leave the city after the murder.
His claim was dismissed by Saifur right away. "I am not connected to this. I haven't even heard his (Arun) name before."
Then they engaged into a heated argument.
RAB's Sohail said, "Recently, Saifur proposed to Arun and compounder Tariqul Islam about robbing Dr Nitai's house. Arun contacted the others later but failed to rob the house one time nearly two months ago."
He said Arun was also accused in several other cases and have also served five years in prison in another case.
"Arun attempted the robbery at Dr Nitai's house with the other robbers who he had met in prison as those were also jailed in different cases including murder."
The RAB spokesperson added, "We have found initial evidence that the plotters also spoke to two doctors before the murder."
Earlier, RAB had arrested 'Kamal', who they claimed as another member of the gang. However, the detective police refused to take his custody saying he was the wrong 'Kamal' who had no ties with the murder.
RAB then handed 'Kamal' to Banani police in the wee hours of Monday. He was sent to court later charged with suspicious activities but was released on bail.
About this matter, spokesperson Sohail said Kamal was released, but he might be kept under watch just for the sake of the investigation. "This is also a matter to be looked at."
He said Sayeed, one of arrestees, talked to Kamal several times on the phone.
All the arrestees have confessed until now that Dr Nitai was killed as he protested their robbery attempt. But Sohail said the law enforcers will look whether it was a premeditated murder.
"We cannot ignore any leads."
However, family members of the doctor have been claiming it was a premeditated murder over recruitment at the NIDCH. But the law enforcers insist that Nitai's murder took place during the burglary.
RAB has already handed the six to DB police.
A case was filed by the father of the deceased, Tarit Kanti Datta, over the incident with the Banani police mentioning that Tk 500,000 had gone missing after the incident.
Asked why RAB was investigating the case even without being asked by the DB, the paramilitary force's Legal and Media Wing Director Sohail said, "RAB, DB, police or any other law-enforcing agency helps each other in any case."
"This is also happening in this case. There should be no room for confusion or misunderstanding."
He said they will also try to find whether the arrestees were connected to any other similar incidents.
Sohail further said that the grill of the window at Dr Nitai's house was also cut like those at the Rajabazar flat of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, who were killed there on Feb 11.
DB Deputy Commissioners Monirul Islam and Mollah Nazrul Islam and Dr Nitai's wife Dr Lucky Datta were also present at the press meet at RAB headquarters at Uttara.
The elite force presented the six arrestees including Dr Nitai's car driver Kamrul Hasan Arun and his chamber manager Saifur Rahman before the press at its headquarters on Sunday.
RAB claimed Saifur was the mastermind behind the robbery plan while he rebutted the accusation.
At the press meet, Arun also named Saifur as the main man behind the robbery which turned into a murder. RAB officials whisked both of them away from the reporters after they began arguing angrily following Arun's claim.
Police's Detective Branch arrested five other suspects earlier who have already confessed to the link with the murder.
RAB disclosed the arrest of the six new suspects on Sunday, taking the number of total arrestees in connection with the incident to 11. DB officials were also present at the press conference.
The other RAB arrestees are compounder Tariqul Islam and Bokul Mia, Rafiqul Islam and Mohammad Sayeed.
The elite force said Bokul, Rafiqul and Sayeed directly participated in the robbery while the other three planned the whole affairs.
Detectives had arrested Masum Mintu, 'Masud', 'Saidul', Pichchi Kalam, and 'Faisal', on Aug 25.
Masum Mintu, a professional thief, was presented by Detective Branch officials on Saturday noon who claimed to stab Nitai first in the chest, followed by Bakul after they broke into the first floor of the house by cutting the grill.
Dr Nitai, a BMA Executive Committee member and Swadhinota Chikitshok Parishad (SwaChiP) leader, was knifed to death on Aug 23 early morning at his home on Mahakhali's National Institute of Disease of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) residential area.
RAB spokesperson M Sohail said at Sunday's press meet: "We are not done yet. The investigation will dig up anybody who has been left out but who was a part of the plan."
He said the six were arrested in the last two days from Tongi, Mawa and the capital's Karwan Bazar and Mohakhali areas in raids.
Saifur was the manager of the Dr Nitai's chamber at Reliance Medical and Services. On Sunday, he was made to confront driver Arun whose link to the murder was brought to light on Saturday by Masum Mintu, one of the arrestees who law enforcers claim had made the fatal stabs that killed Dr Nitai.
Arun said, "Saifur managed the driver's job for me. Later, he proposed to me to rob Tk 2 million and about 100 bhoris of gold from Dr Nitai's house."
He also claimed that Saifur had given him Tk 500 and told him to leave the city after the murder.
His claim was dismissed by Saifur right away. "I am not connected to this. I haven't even heard his (Arun) name before."
Then they engaged into a heated argument.
RAB's Sohail said, "Recently, Saifur proposed to Arun and compounder Tariqul Islam about robbing Dr Nitai's house. Arun contacted the others later but failed to rob the house one time nearly two months ago."
He said Arun was also accused in several other cases and have also served five years in prison in another case.
"Arun attempted the robbery at Dr Nitai's house with the other robbers who he had met in prison as those were also jailed in different cases including murder."
The RAB spokesperson added, "We have found initial evidence that the plotters also spoke to two doctors before the murder."
Earlier, RAB had arrested 'Kamal', who they claimed as another member of the gang. However, the detective police refused to take his custody saying he was the wrong 'Kamal' who had no ties with the murder.
RAB then handed 'Kamal' to Banani police in the wee hours of Monday. He was sent to court later charged with suspicious activities but was released on bail.
About this matter, spokesperson Sohail said Kamal was released, but he might be kept under watch just for the sake of the investigation. "This is also a matter to be looked at."
He said Sayeed, one of arrestees, talked to Kamal several times on the phone.
All the arrestees have confessed until now that Dr Nitai was killed as he protested their robbery attempt. But Sohail said the law enforcers will look whether it was a premeditated murder.
"We cannot ignore any leads."
However, family members of the doctor have been claiming it was a premeditated murder over recruitment at the NIDCH. But the law enforcers insist that Nitai's murder took place during the burglary.
RAB has already handed the six to DB police.
A case was filed by the father of the deceased, Tarit Kanti Datta, over the incident with the Banani police mentioning that Tk 500,000 had gone missing after the incident.
Asked why RAB was investigating the case even without being asked by the DB, the paramilitary force's Legal and Media Wing Director Sohail said, "RAB, DB, police or any other law-enforcing agency helps each other in any case."
"This is also happening in this case. There should be no room for confusion or misunderstanding."
He said they will also try to find whether the arrestees were connected to any other similar incidents.
Sohail further said that the grill of the window at Dr Nitai's house was also cut like those at the Rajabazar flat of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, who were killed there on Feb 11.
DB Deputy Commissioners Monirul Islam and Mollah Nazrul Islam and Dr Nitai's wife Dr Lucky Datta were also present at the press meet at RAB headquarters at Uttara.
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