Taqi murder: RAB arrests Azmeri Osman’s relative from Narayanganj
Five other accused were arrested last month
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a suspect over the 2013 murder of Tanvir Muhammad Taqi, a 17-year-old student of ABC International School in Narayanganj.
The arrestee has been identified as Abdullah Al Mamun alias Jamai Mamun, said RAB-11 ASP Sanad Barua today (1 October).
"Mamun had been hiding in Dhaka for a long time. He was arrested from Chittagong Road of Shiddhirganj while posing as a member of Tabligh Jamaat on a bus headed to Ramgarh in Khagrachhari," added the officer.
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Local sources say Mamun is married to a cousin of Azmeri Osman, son of late lawmaker AKM Nasim Osman and nephew of former MP Shamim Osman. Mamun's name surfaced in the confessional statement of Sultan Shawkat alias Bhromor, another suspect previously bailed out and now on the RAB's hunt list.
Following his arrest earlier on the day, Mamun was produced in court, which subsequently sent him to jail. A remand hearing is scheduled for 6 October.
While Azmeri is absconding, the RAB in September arrested five other suspects in the murder case. They are Yaar Mohammad aka Parvez, Safayet Hossain Shipon, Mamun Mia, Kajol Howlader, and Jamshed Sheikh.
Earlier in September, the RAB has arrested five other accused in the Taqi murder case. The other arrestees are Yaar Mohammad aka Parvez, Safayet Hossain Shipon, Mamun Mia, Kajol Howlader, and Jamshed Sheikh.
Azmeri Osman, son of late lawmaker AKM Nasim Osman and nephew of former MP Shamim Osman, is the prime accused in the case.
A total of 11 people, including Azmeri, were involved in the killing of Taqi, according to a leaked probe report prepared by RAB within the first year of his death.
According to the leaked report, Azmeri Osman and his accomplices abducted Taqi on 6 March 2013. They later tortured him, killed him and dumped his body in the Shitalakhya River the next day.
A day after his body was found, Taqi's A-level results were out. He had gotten the world's highest marks in physics in that exam, obtaining 297 out of 300.
His father Rafiur Rabbi filed a case with the Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station.
Later, on 18 March of that year, he submitted a supplementary complaint to the superintendent of police against seven people, including Shamim Osman, and 8-10 unnamed others.
