The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested three accused in the much-talked about murder of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, who was found dead in Narayanganj 11 years ago.
The elite force arrested Md Shafayet Hossain Shipon and Mamun Mia from Chasara and Kalibazar area in Narayanganj district on Sunday while another accused Kajol Hawlader from the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area on Monday, RAB said in a press release on Tuesday night.
RAB produced them before a Narayanganj court and the court placed Shipon and Mamun on six-day remand and Kajol on five-day remand.
All of the accused are now in RAB custody.
Addressing an event on Saturday in Dhaka city, Taqi鈥檚 father Rafiur Rabbi said that two murder suspects, including Sawkat Bhramar, made statements before a court on November 12, 2013, where they alleged that Ajmeri Osman, a son of the late Jatiya Party lawmaker Nasim Osman and nephew of the former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman planned and executed the murder.
Almost a year after Taqi鈥檚 brutal murder, the draft of a Rapid Action Battalion probe report got leaked in the media, revealing the involvement of 11 people, including Ajmeri Osman, in the killing.
According to the probe findings, Ajmeri not only masterminded the murder of the bright teenage boy in Narayanganj, but also directly took part in it.
Directed by him, his accomplices followed Taqi and forcefully took him to his 鈥榯orture centre鈥� at the Winner Fashion on Allama Iqbal Road on March 6, 2013.
Later that night, Ajmeri and his cohorts beat and strangled the 17-year-old boy to death. His body was then put into a sack and taken to Charargop area in Ajmeri鈥檚 car.
On March 7, the killers took the body to Kumudini Jora Khal in a boat and dumped it in the Sitalakhya River between 1:00am and 1:30am.
Taqi鈥檚 body was recovered from the river the next day, according to the findings, reported by various media outlets.
On June 20, 2013, the home ministry handed the case to the RAB upon a High Court order, following an appeal by Rafiur Rabbi.