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AVIJIT MURDER: Police claim three killers identified
[Dhaka Tribune] Investigators claim to have identified three assailants who took part in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy on the Dhaka University campus a year ago.So far, eight persons have been locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! over the murder. Among them, Sherlocks said they had found no evidence against one while another had confessed to instigating killers. After the recent arrest of two suspected members of banned Death Eater outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from Badda, Sherlocks claimed they had gleaned important information from them about Avijit’s murder and hoped to crack the case soon. Avijit, an engineer by profession and administrator of Mukto-mona blog, was an atheist who advocated secularism. He had received death threats for his writings. Two of his titles were published in last year’s book fair. Machete-wielding assailants attacked Avijit and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya, both US citizens of Bangladesh origin, on February 26 last year when they were returning from the book fair. Avijit died in the attack while Bonya sustained several head wounds and her left thumb was sliced off. Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam yesterday said they had found evidence of six people’s involvement in the killing and that banned Death Eater outfit Ansarullah was behind the attack. "We have identified three assailants and have their permanent address. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... we could not arrest them as they are on the run," he said. Investigators sent DNA samples collected from the spot and the arrestees to the FBI who have completed analysing them and would soon send a report. Monirul said the case was at a stage where they expected a positive result soon. He claimed that they had kept in touch with Avijit’s wife Bonya through the FBI. In an interview with Rooters last May, Bonya lashed out at Bangladesh government for not responding more aggressively to Avijit’s slaying. "This was well planned, choreographed -- a global act of terrorism," she told Rooters adding that no one from the government had reached out to her until then. Avijit’s father Ajoy Roy was less than impressed and expressed frustration at the slow progress of investigation. He said since his son’s murder, the Sherlocks had been telling him that they were waiting for the FBI report and would solve the case soon. "But the time never came in last one year," Ajoy Roy said. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-26 |
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