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Rajshahi Pir Murder

Cops have 'vital information'

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Police yesterday claimed to have gathered vital information about the two youths who took away Rajshahi Pir Shahidullah hours before his murder.
They also gathered their physical description by quizzing locals who saw them.
"We are considering the physical description of the two as a development in the investigation as we are yet to find any eyewitnesses to the killing," said Rajshahi Superintendent of Police Nisharul Arif.
However, police are yet to ascertain if the two were involved in the killing of the 65-year-old Pir (spiritual guide) on Friday night.
The SP said the youths were aged between 28 and 30, and one of them was wearing a helmet They took Shahidullah towards Tanore through Duari road keeping him in the middle on a motorcycle.
His body was found in a mango orchard at Tanore with his throat slit, which bears the hallmark of the recent attacks on secular activists, bloggers, writers, publishers, professors and people of different faiths and ideologies by suspected militants.
Though no one has claimed responsibility for Shahidullah's murder yet, the so-called Islamic State took credit for most of the recent murders. The government denies IS presence in the country.
Talking about the two youths, the SP said, "We have some other information about the youths, but we are not disclosing it at this moment. Their arrests will help the investigation."
About the motive, the district police boss said they were looking into two motives - land issues and his belief in Sufism.
The family of Shahidullah belongs to the Ahle Hadith group of Muslims. Braking away from the family tradition, Shahidullah started following Nur Muhammad, a Pir in Goalanda of Rajbari, decades ago.
"We just practise Ahle Hadith rituals, but we do not belong to any group by the name," said the victim's brother Shariful Islam.
A senior police official told The Daily Star that his switch over to Sufism is significant as many previously arrested militants were found belonging to Ahle Hadith families. This group has discord with Sufism in the subcontinent.
Victim's son Rasel Ahmed said his father had been dealing with four cases over land disputes.
"He had knowledge about land affairs and he was helping a poor family to get back its land through legal process," he said.