Father of Narayanganj girl found alive after 51 days seeks release of the accused

The father of the girl -- who was said to have been murdered after rape before being found alive 51 days after going missing from Bandar upazila of Narayanganj -- has now sought release of the three accused persons who are in jail in connection with an abduction case filed over her disappearance.

The girl's father said he has no allegation against them now as he got his daughter back alive.

"Now I want their release and want to see them back with their family members," he said.

The family members of the accused claimed that police had beaten their sons in remand and forced them to make their confessional statement. Police, however, denied the allegation.

Lawyer of the accused Advocate Md Rokon Uddin said they would file a case against the investigation officer of the case and the plaintiff for torturing the accused in remand and forcing them to give a confessional statement before the court.

Meanwhile, police formed a three-member probe committee headed by Narayanganj District's Additional Superintendent of Police (DB) to investigate the allegation of police negligence and torture of the accused in exchange for money.

Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police (administration) Mostafizur Rahman told a press briefing yesterday noon that the underage girl had been missing since July 4.

About two weeks after her disappearance, her mother lodged a general diary (GD) with the Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station on July 17.

On August 6, her father filed an abduction case with the police station. Later, the police arrested three youths after tracking the call list of the girl's mother.

On August 9, the accused testified under Section 164 in separate courts of Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate and Judicial Magistrate. In their confessional statement, the accused said that they had killed the girl after raping her and threw her body in the Shitalakkhya river, said police.

After their confessional statement, the accused were sent to jail. Since then, the trio -- Md Abdullah, 22, Md Rakib, 19, and Khalilur Rahman, 36, -- have been in jail.

The girl later called her mother asking for money. That is when police were alerted and they went and found the girl.