Shamim, Nur Uddin ‘confess’ to their involvement

Nuruddin and Shahadat Hossain Shamim, two prime accused of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, have reportedly confessed to their involvement with the killing.

While giving statement before a court in Feni, both of them admitted that Nusrat was set on fire upon the instruction of principal of Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa Siraj Ud Doula.

Additional Superintendent of Police Taherul Huq Chowhan of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) disclosed the information while briefing reporters early today.

They gave 'confessional' statements before the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain for 10 hours from 3:00pm.

The court took long time to properly interrogate and assess their confessional statement, the police official said.

Although both the accused described the whole thing in details, it cannot be disclosed for the sake of the investigation, he added.

Earlier, PBI arrested Nuruddin from Bhaluka and Shahadat Hossain Shamim from Muktagachha upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday. They are the number two and number three accused in the Nusrat murder case respectively.

After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital on April 10.

On April 6, she was set afire at an examination centre of Alim examination allegedly by students loyal to Principal Siraj Ud Doula of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa after he was arrested and subsequently suspended as Rafi had accused him of sexually harassing her.

Source: thedailystar