Saturday, January 2, 2016, Poush 19, 1422 BS, Rabiul Awal 20, 1437 Hijri


Probe into Avijit, Ananta murder in final stage
Published :Saturday, 2 January, 2016,  Time : 12:00 AM  View Count : 15
Police said they have solved the mystery behind the killings of four bloggers in the last one year with the completion of investigation into one case and significant progress has been made in three other cases.
"Five bloggers were killed this year and we have successfully unearthed mystery of the killings of four bloggers Washiqur Rahman Babu, Avijit Roy, Ananta Bijoy and Niladri," Joint Commissioner and spokesperson of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam said adding "Probe into the killing of blogger and publisher Faisal Arefin Dipon is going on."
"Charge-sheet in blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu killing case had already been submitted to the court accusing five persons while investigation into Avijit and Ananta are now at the final stage," he also said. "We will submit charge-sheet in Bangladeshi-born US citizen Avijit Roy murder case after getting report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as it has assisted Bangladesh police in probing the murder," he added.
"Investigation into the murder of Ananta Bijoy who was brutally hacked to death in Sylhet is also at the final stage," he informed and said, "We have arrested six criminals in killing of blogger Niladri, eight in Avijit murder and five in Ananta murder case while three in Babu murder case."
"The banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) is behind the killings of the bloggers," he said, adding that Shibir personnel is also involved in killing of blogger Niladri.
Bloggers Avijit Roy, Washiqur Rahman Babu, Niloy were hacked to death in the capital city, Dhaka, on February 26, March 30 and August 7, respectively, and Ananta Bijoy Das was killed May 12 in Sylhet.
The Bangladesh government in May last banned the radical Islamist organization ABT for its suspected involvement in killings of the three bloggers Avijit, Ananta and Babu.
The militant outfit ABT has started its operation by unleashing attacks on blogger Asif Mohiuddin at Uttara on January 14 in 2013 and they later hacked to death blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in Mirpur on February 15, 2013. -BSS








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