Ataur Rahman (58), the prime accused in the murder case filed over the recovery of the blood-stained body of school teacher Abul Bashar from a residential hotel in Bhedarganj, Shariatpur, has been arrested by a joint team of SRB-8 and SRB-11.
He was arrested on Wednesday (October 22) during a raid in the Sonaimuri police station area of Noakhali. The matter was confirmed on Thursday afternoon at a press conference by SRB-8 Company Commander Md. Ashraful Kabir.
The arrested Ataur Rahman is the son of Saleh Ahmed from Sonaimuri Upazila of Noakhali.
According to the SRB, on Tuesday (October 20) afternoon, police recovered the blood-stained body of a school teacher named Abul Bashar (39) from the Dhaka Residential Hotel adjacent to Bhedarganj Upazila Police Station. The deceased Abul Bashar was the son of the late Janab Ali Talukdar from the Deuliabari area of Kaliakair Police Station in Gazipur district. He was an assistant teacher at Kholapara Government Primary School in Gazipur City Corporation.
Following the recovery of the body, the victim's elder brother, Monirul Islam, filed a murder case at Bhedarganj Police Station on the same day. Hotel manager Ataur Rahman was named as the prime accused in the case.
Following the filing of the case, a special team of SRB-8 launched operations to arrest the accused. Later, based on confidential information and with the assistance of information technology, Ataur Rahman was arrested during a raid in the Sonaimuri police station area of Noakhali.
SRB-8 Company Commander Md. Ashraful Kabir stated that regular operations are being conducted to suppress crime and maintain normal law and order. Considering the gravity of the school teacher Abul Bashar murder case in Bhedarganj, operations were conducted to arrest the accused. In continuation of this, the prime accused in the case, Ataur Rahman, was arrested in a joint operation by SRB-8 and SRB-11.
Processes are underway to hand over the arrested Ataur Rahman to the relevant police station for legal action, he added.
Prior to this, coming to visit his ancestral home in the Chairman Bazar area of Naria Upazila in Shariatpur, Abul Bashar last called his wife on Sunday night to say he was staying at a friend's house. Communication with him was cut off after that.
Later on Monday, a call was made to his wife from his WhatsApp number, claiming he was injured, and initially demanding Tk 2,000, followed by a blood-stained photo demanding Tk 20,000. When the family informed the Kaliakair Police Station about the matter, the police tracked the mobile phone's location to Bhedarganj. Afterward, family members came to Bhedarganj Police Station. With the assistance of the police, the blood-stained body of Abul Bashar was recovered from the Dhaka Residential Hotel on Tuesday afternoon.
— Daily Best News Desk • Fearless in the search for truth
Reported by Roman Akand, Shariatpur Correspondent • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].
