Home adviser retired lieutenant general Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said that the government would submit the charge sheet in journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin murder case as soon as possible.
Journalists on Sunday continued holding human chains and protest rallies at different places across the country, demanding justice for Tuhin who was killed on August 7 in Gazipur city.
Most of the suspects have already been arrested, Jahangir said at a press briefing after a meeting of the core committee on law and order at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka.
The home adviser said that the government would take all necessary steps to ensure severe punishment for those involved in the incident.
鈥楾he nation has become intolerant. There is a lack of patience. In the past, people would rush to stop wrongdoing in society. Now, people just capture videos [of such incidents],鈥� he said.
Eight people, including the prime suspect, were arrested and seven of them were remanded in police custody in the case filed over the killing of Tuhin.
The arrestees are prime suspect Mizanur Rahman alias Ketu Mizan, his wife Parul Akhter Golapi, Shahidul, Swadhin, Al Amin, Faisal Hasan, Shah Jamal and Sumon.
Of them, Shahidul was arrested at a location in Kishoreganj Saturday afternoon.
Gazipur Metropolitan Police commissioner Nazmul Karim Khan, at a press briefing in Gazipur on Saturday, said that Golapi tried to trick Badsha Mia, who withdrew Tk聽25,000 from an ATM booth on the day of Tuhin鈥檚 killing, in a 鈥榟oney trap鈥� scheme.
鈥榃hen Badsha realised the scheme during a conversation, an altercation broke out, and Badsha punched Golapi, as seen on CCTV footage. Immediately after that, five or six of Golapi鈥檚 associates attacked Badsha with machetes,鈥� he said.
The commissioner said that the whole incident was recorded by the late journalist Tuhin. Noticing that Tuhin was capturing the incident on his mobile phone, the group attacked him, Nazmul said, adding that there had been multiple cases against the accused at different police stations.
鈥楾uhin died while trying to expose the crimes of this organised gang. We have CCTV footage, witnesses and all the evidence. Upon receiving the autopsy report, we will file the charge sheet within 15 days,鈥� he added.
