Kibria Killing Case
CID fails again to place report on further probe
SAMS Kibria
Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge of Sylhet yesterday again deferred the date for filing the report on 'further investigation' in Kibria killing case to 29 August. The decision was given as the Special Public Prosecutor Kishore Kumar Kar prayed for time extension stating that the CID could not finish the job and they need more time for that, court sources said. It is the 41st time that CID failed to submit the report, they said. The CID could not submit the 'further investigation report' during the last 40 months. The then investigation officer of the case Senior ASP of CID Munshi Atiqur Rahman through a petition informed the Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal about the necessity of 'further investigation' on 7 March 2007. Munshi went on retirement after a few months and ASP Md Rafiqul Islam was given the task. Former finance minister SAMS Kibria, his nephew advocate Shah Manzurul Huda, local AL leaders Abdur Rahim, Abul Hossain and Siddique Ali were killed in a grenade attack at a public meeting at Baidderbazar of Habiganj Sadar upazila on 27 January 2005. Munshi Atique filed charge sheet in the case on 20 March the same year against 10. Of the accused, eight were arrested while two remained absconding as yet. The arrestees Habiganj district BNP vice-president Abdul Quaiyum who spent 3 years in jail, before coming out on bail. The accused claimed they were falsely implicated in the case although they were innocent. Later, the CID started further investigation. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on 8 March 2010 caught alleged Huji operative Mizanur Rahman Mithu, who gave confessional statement before judicial magistrate in Habiganj the following day. CID then remanded former state minister for home affairs Luthfuzzaman Babar in connection with the case. CID ASP Rafiqul Islam, investigation officer (IO) of the case told this correspondent several week ago that they needed a little more time to submit supplementary charge sheet as the 'further investigation' was still on. However, he hoped that the job would be completed soon.
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