Journalist Rabbani Murder: UP Chairman, 46 Others Sued

A case was filed on Saturday against UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, also suspended general secretary of union Awami League, on Saturday noon in connection with the murder of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim, reports UNB.  

Monira Begum, wife of slain Banglanews24.com journalist Nadim, filed the case against 22 identified people and 25 unidentified ones.

Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge of Bakshiganj police station, said the victim’s wife filed the case making chairman of Sadhurpara Union Parishad in Bakshiganj upazila Mahmudul Alam Babu the prime accused in the case.  

He said police have so far arrested 10 people in connection with the murder of the journalist.

Earlier, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the UP chairman and two others around 5 am from Chilahati union in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district early Saturday.  

They were trying to flee the country by crossing the border, RAB sources said.

Golam Rabbani was returning home on June 14 when he was attacked by a group of terrorists in Bakshiganj upazila.

The assailants physically assaulted him before fleeing the scene, leaving him unconscious. He died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital the following day.

Monira claimed that her husband had been subjected to various forms of harassment before the incident, and it was the chairman's associates who carried out the killing. She demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in the incident.

She alleged that her husband was killed on the orders of UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu due to his news reporting.

Since the murder, journalists across the country have been demanding exemplary punishment of the killers.