Death of Deepto TV journo: BNP issues show-cause to executive committee member
Sheikh Rabiul Alam Robi, member of BNP’s national executive committee, has been directed to submit a written explanation at the party's Naya Paltan office within 24 hours
BNP has issued a show-cause notice to Sheikh Rabiul Alam Robi, a member of the party's national executive committee, over allegations of involvement in the death of Deepto TV journalist Tanjil Jahan Tamim.
"It has been reported in several media that you are involved in the incident where Tanjil Jahan Tamim, a broadcast officer at Deepto TV, was killed in an attack yesterday," reads the notice issued today (11 October).
"Due to allegations of involvement in such activities, the discipline and image of the organisation have been damaged," reads the notice, signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed.
"Therefore, you are directed to submit a written response within the next 24 hours at the party's central office in Naya Paltan, stating why disciplinary action should not be taken against you," it concludes.
Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, 32, was beaten to death allegedly by workers of a developer company in the Mohanagar Project area of the capital's Hatirjheel yesterday.
According to Tamim's family, a dispute erupted between them and real estate developer Pleasant Properties over the allotment of flats in the company's newly constructed building.
They alleged that the killing took place after a disagreement arose over the distribution of flats in the nine-storey building, which was built on land owned by three individuals.
Tanjil's father Sultan Mahmud, one of the land owners, said each landowner was entitled to four and a half flats, but Pleasant Properties had been delaying the transfer of his share despite handing over the flats of the two other owners.
The situation escalated when Pleasant Properties' employees began construction work on a flat occupied by the developer company. Sultan and Tamim intervened to stop the work, leading to a violent confrontation, the family members said.
Tamim was severely injured in the attack and subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
When asked about the allegation of launching the attack by sending his men, Sheikh Rabiul Alam Robi, managing director of Pleasant Properties, said, "I did not send anyone there. I had sent an engineer to instruct them to stop the work. There was no attack at the location."