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Sylhet Representative //

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 has arrested the 15th accused in the murder case of journalist ATM Turab, who was shot dead by the police in Sylhet’s Bandar Bazar during the students’ movement. A team of them arrested this accused named Salim Mia from Bandarbazar area on Sunday (October 20) night.

He is the former vice-president of Sylhet District Awami Freedom Fighters. He was absconding till now. RAB-9 media officer Senior ASP Moshihur Rahman Sohel has confirmed his arrest. He said – RAB-9 has continued the operation to arrest all the accused in this case.

Journalist ATM Turab was shot dead by the police while performing his professional duties during the march of BNP at Bandar Bazar in Sylhet city on July 19 during the movement of students and people demanding the downfall of Sheikh Hasina. He was a reporter for daily Nayadigant and Jalalabad. A month after the incident (August 19) the brother of the victim Abul Ahsan Md. Azraf (Zabur) filed a case in Sylhet Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Kamal was made the main accused in this case. 18 people, including the police, were named as accused in the statement. Another 250 people were made unidentified accused. Accused No. 2 of the case is Additional Deputy Commissioner (Crime North) Md. Sadek Dastgir Kausar, Accused No. 3 Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Azbahar Ali Sheikh, Accused No. 4 Assistant Commissioner (Kotwali) Mizanur Rahman and Accused No. 6 Moin Uddin, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station at that time.

The other accused are Kallol Goswami, in-charge of Bandarbazar outpost under Sylhet’s Kotwali model police station, former Inspector (Investigation) Fazlur Rahman, police station SI Kazi Ripon Sarkar, president of the Metropolitan Volunteer League and former councilor of Ward No. 7 of CSIC, Aftab Uddin, vice-president of the District Volunteer League. Piyush Kanti Dey, Sajlu Lashkar, PRO of Sylhet City Corporation, Ruhel Ahmad, President of Government College Chhatra League and Councilor of Ward No. 32 of CSIC, Sajal Das Anik, former Organizing Secretary of District Chhatra League, Shiblu Ahmad (Md. Ruhul Amin), a resident of Chalibandar Nehar Manzil, District Awami Muktijodhalig. Vice President Salim Mia, Azhar and Feroze.