Journalist Jamal Murder
Plea to shift case from police to Rab rejected
Jamal Uddin
A court here yesterday rejected the plea to shift journalist Jamal Uddin murder case from police to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) for investigation. On September 10, Jamal's father Abdul Alim submitted the prayer to the Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Maruf Hossain, mentioning that a Rab investigation found involvement of a couple of policemen in Jamal murder and so, the investigation could be hampered if police conducts it. Meanwhile the case was shifted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on September 11. Mahbubur Rahman Bachchu, lawyer of plaintiff Abdul Alim, said now he (Alim) can go to the higher court with his prayer. "I will go to the High Court as police is conducting the investigation although involvement of a couple of policemen in the murder has been found," Abdul Alim said. Jamal Uddin, 35, Kashipur correspondent of Jessore-based daily Gramer Kagoj, was brutally killed after abduction from a tea stall at Kashipur Bazar in Sharsha upazila under Jessore district on the night of June 15 this year. The criminals, who stabbed Jamal Uddin to death, also gouged out his left eye and cut the tendons of legs. The next day, Jamal's father Abdul Alim filed a case with Sharsha police station in this connection accusing seven people -- Tota Mallick, Raju Mallick and Ukil Mallick, sons of Shamsher Mallick, Ramjan Member, son of late Akbar Ali Sheikh, and Lata Begum, wife of Tota Mia, of Kashipur village, Bazlur Rahman, son of late Amzad Haq Mollah, and Jasim Uddin of Tengrali village. Police arrested Lata Begun on the night of killing, Ukil Mallick, arrested from Helencha Market under Bagda Thana in 24 Pargana of Pashchimbango in India on June 24, is still in Indian jail, and Rab arrested Raju Mallick from Arpara of Magura district on July 6.
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