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NETROKONA: A court has granted four more days of police remand for Sajibul Islam alias Apurbo, an accused arrested in the murder case of journalist Lutfozzaman Fakir Alif in Netrokona.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Nurul Amin Bhuiyan of the Durgapur court passed the order on Tuesday (October 20) afternoon. Durgapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Khandaker Shaker Ahmed confirmed the remand order.
Earlier, the same court had granted police one day of remand on Monday (October 19) for questioning Apurbo.
Journalist Lutfozzaman Fakir Alif was shot dead at around 8:15pm on Thursday (October 15) in front of a shop near his in-laws’ house in Telunjia area of Birishiri Union under Durgapur upazila. According to the doctor who conducted the autopsy, Alif had sustained six bullet wounds.
Following the incident, Alif’s wife, Anondita Sangma, filed a murder case with Durgapur Police Station against eight unidentified people. Police later arrested Apurbo at around 1am on Sunday from beside an old cinema hall in the Madhya Bazar area of Durgapur municipal town. He is the son of Shamsher Ali of the Ukilpara area of the town.
OC Shaker Ahmed said investigators had obtained several pieces of information by questioning Apurbo and were verifying them. He added that the accused would be questioned further, but details could not be disclosed at this stage in the interest of the investigation.
Police claim that Apurbo was present at the scene when journalist Alif was murdered and had a bag containing firearms in his possession at the time. According to police, Apurbo admitted this during preliminary questioning.
Police also said Apurbo is the nephew of the prime accused in the murder case. The prime accused is reportedly known as a professional killer, and investigators have received information that the firearms used by him were kept with Apurbo.
