Staff Correspondent
Shahinuddin was brutally hacked to death in broad daylight on May 16, in front of his son after being called to resolve a land dispute
A Dhaka court on Friday placed former Lakshmipur-1 lawmaker and Islami Ganatantri Party Chairman MA Awal on four-day remand in a case filed over the murder of Shahinuddin in capital’s Pallabi area on May 16.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khayer Jessy passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and prayed for a 10-day remand period.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Awal, the main accused and alleged mastermind behind the brutal murder, from Bhairab Bazar area on early May 20.
On May 16, the accused called up Shahinuddin on his mobile phone and asked him to come to Mirpur 12 on the pretext of resolving a land dispute.
When the victim reached the area at around 4pm on the day, the assailants attacked him, hacking him to death with sharp weapons in front of his seven-year-old son.
A murder case was filed at Pallabi Police Station on May 17 against several people, including Awal, Sumon and Rocky by the victim’s mother Aklima Begum.
According to Aklima Begum, Awal killed Shahinuddin with hired contract over a land dispute.
Speaking at a press briefing in Dhaka, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of RAB’s legal and media wing, said: “Sumon, after murdering Shahinuddin, called Awal and said – ‘Sir, finished!’ They talked for 30 seconds.”
“Also, a few days ago, we arrested Hasan, 19, from Chandpur and Zahirul Islam Babu, 27, from Patuakhali in connection with the murder.”
He told reporters that four to five days prior to the murder, Taher, Sumon and other members of the killing group sat with Awal.
