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they were behind my son’s killing,” Rabbi said.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE
Rab-11 conducted a drive on Sunday night, arresting Shafayet Hossain Shipon and Mamun Mia from Chashara and Kalir Bazar in Narayanganj city.
The next day, another person, Kajal Hawlader, was arrested from Dhaka.
Their names were on the list of a leaked Rab investigation alongside Azmery Osman.
On Wednesday, Rab arrested Jamshed Sheikh, 36, the driver of Azmery, from Dhaka’s Mirpur.
According to the draft probe, Jamshed was driving the car, in which Taqi’s body was taken for dumping in the Shitalakhya.
Previously, Yusuf Hossain Liton, Sultan Shawkat Bromor, Rifat, Tayebuddin, and Simanta -- all named in the draft report, were arrested in connection with Taqi’s murder.
Yousuf and Sultan confessed to the crime before a magistrate, but all five have since been absconding after being released on bail.
Rab-11 CO Pasha said the Taqi murder investigation reached a near conclusion in 2013, but progress slowed after the then CO was transferred.
He mentioned that while many suspects were identified, not all were found, and a committee has been formed to complete the probe.
Pasha said they aim to submit the charge sheet within three months, as the current environment allows for an impartial investigation.
WHAT WAS IN THE LEAKED REPORT
According to the leaked probe findings, Azmery not only masterminded the murder, but also directly took part in it.
According to the report, Azmery killed Taqi as his father Rafiur Rabbi, a left-leaning leader and a cultural organiser, along with his supporters actively campaigned for Selina Hayet Ivy ahead of the Narayanganj City Corporation election.
At his directives, his accomplices abducted Taqi and took him to his “torture centre” at Winner Fashion on Allama Iqbal Road on March 6, 2013.
Later that night, Azmery and his cohorts beat and strangled Taqi to death.
His body was then put into a sack and taken to Charargop area in Azmery’s car.
From there, the killers took the body to Kumudini Jora Khal in a boat and dumped it in the Shitalakkhya sometime between 1:00am and 1:30am on March 7.
Earlier on August 7, 2013, Rab raided Azmery’s “Winner Fashion” office in Narayanganj, seizing blood-stained jeans, a pistol butt, and yaba consumption equipment.
Bullet marks were found on the walls, an almirah, and a sofa.
“Winner Fashion” was one of six known torture cells identified by Taqi Mancha, a citizen platform formed in 2014 to combat crime in Narayanganj.
Neither Shamin Osman nor anyone from his family could be reached for comments. Earlier, he denied any involvement of his family with the killing.