The police on Tuesday formed a committee to probe into alleged negligence of Jalalabad police station officials when Samiul Alam Rajon, 12, was beaten to death in Sylhet city on July 8 as protests against the murder continued across the country.
\nSylhet Metropolitan Police on Tuesday withdrew a Jalalabad police station sub-inspector, while the police arrested another suspect, Mayna Miah, night guard of Sundar Ali Market where Rajon was beaten to death.
\nSylhet Metropolitan Police additional commissioner SM Rokan Uddin said that Mayna was arrested in Tuker Bazar area of Sylhet at about 10:00pm.
\nMayna was one of the accused who tortured to death the 13-year-old boy, he said.
\nJalalabad police station sub-inspector Aminul Islam was withdrawn on Tuesday night following allegations that he took bribe from accused Kamrul and paved safe passage for him to go to Saudi Arabia after the murder.
\nRajon\u2019s father Sheikh Azizur Rahman earlier alleged that Aminul had assisted Kamrul, prime suspect Muhith\u2019s cousin, to leave the country for Saudi Arabia in exchange of Tk 6 lakh.
\nThe three-member probe body was formed with Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional commissioner SM Rokan Uddin and deputy commissioners Mushfequr Rahman and Zedan Al Musa.
\nRajon\u2019s family alleged that Jalalabad police officer-in-charge Alamgir Hossain and sub-inspector Aminul Islam behaved roughly with them and tried to protect the killers.
\nThey claimed that Aminul Kamrul, brother of the prime suspect Muhith, to leave the country for Saudi Arabia in exchange of Tk 6 lakh after the murder.
\nSylhet Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Rahmat Ullah told New Age that the probe body was asked to submit the report in three days.
\nRights activists and labour leaders on Tuesday demanded exemplary punishment for the perpetrators.
\nAddressing different human chains, they termed the incident heinous and blamed the culture of impunity in the country for the killing.
\nShishu-Kishor mela, Samajjtantrik Chhatra Front, Samajtanrik Mohila forum, Bignan Andolan Mancha and Sramik Nirapatta Forum formed two human chains in front of the National Press Club.
\nShomajtanrik Mohila forum\u2019s general secretary, Shompa Bashu said the brutal killing of Rajan was nothing new for the country as many of the children became the victim of rape and killing previously.
\nMoreover, the trial for the murder of Toki, a teenage boy from Narayanganj was yet to finish even 29 months after his death. When law enforcers and administration became involved with the killers then no justice could be expected, she pointed out.
\nGeneral Secretary of Nagorik Sanghati, Sharifuzzaman Sharif said the similar incident took place In Noakhali 4 years ago when a mob lynched 16-year-old Milon in front of police but the trial was yet to finish.
\nThe lack of Justice has been influencing these killings over the years, he observed.
\nSylhet Chief Metropolitan Magistrate\u2019s Court remanded Ismail Hossain, another arrested accused, in police custody for five days for interrogation in the case.
\nThe investigation office of the case, Alamgir Hossain, told New Age that metropolitan magistrate Farhana Yasmin passed order.
\nEarlier on Monday, the same court remanded prime suspect Muhith in police custody for five days or interrogation.
\nPolice arrested Ismail, Muhith\u2019s cousin, on early Monday at Mirergaon under Sylhet sadar upazila.
\nThe police also arrested Muhith\u2019s wife Lipi Begum on Monday night.
\nJalalabad police officer-in-charge Akhtar Hossain said that they were preparing to produce Lipi before the court.
\nQuoting the local people, he said that Mayna Miah, night guard of the Sundar Ali Market where Rajon was beaten to death, had tried to molest Rajon.
\n\u2018In association with Muhith, Kamrul and others, Mayna took revenge on Rajon for preventing his attempt,\u2019 Akhter said.
\nHe said that they already extracted some crucial information from Muhith in interrogation.
\nA group of five youths including Muhith Alam, 32, beat Rajan at Sheikhpara near Kumargaon Bus Terminal to death branding him a thief on early July 8 when he went there to sell vegetables.
\nRajon\u2019s father Azizur went to the Jalalabad police on that night to lodge a general diary as Rajon did not return home and then he identified the body of his son at the hospital morgue.
\nAzizur also filed a murder case against Muhith, Kamrul, 30, his accomplice Ali Haydar, 34, and Mayna Miah.
\nFollowing the information extracted from Muhith, the police recovered a video clip of torture on Rajon recorded by the perpetrators during the incident and posted on facebook, the police said.
\nKamrul left the country on Friday to escape the arrest, was arrested in Jeddah on Monday.<\/p>\n

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