16 people identified over Nusrat killing: PBI

Senior Correspondent: 16 people have been identified specifically in connection with the killing of Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Banaj Kumar Majumdar, chief of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), came up with the information at a press briefing at his office on Sunday afternoon.

Charge sheet in connection with the Nusrat killing will be submitted before the court in May after completing the investigation quickly in this regard, he said.

“Feni madrasa’s principal SM Siraj Ud Doula has been placed on fresh remand. He is being interrogated. Besides, accused in the killing case have been arrested after conducting drives at different places. 16 people have been identified specifically in the case,” Banaj Kumar Majumdar told the press briefing.

Nusrat, who was set on fire on April 6 by miscreants, succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 10 night.

Nusrat had accused Feni’s Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa principal Sirajuddoula of harassing her sexually on March 27 while she was exposed to his extreme vengeance on April 6 when she went to the madrasa to appear in the HSC equivalent “Alim” examination.

A group of masked youths, reported to be principal’s stooges, took Nusrat to the rooftop of the madrasa and set her on fire in their bid to kill her.

After the incident, the prime minister asked the law enforcement agencies to bring the perpetrators to the book and take stern actions against the killers.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 28, 2019/Maksud/AI