Family of Chattogram ‘shootout’ victim Habib claims he was detained and killed

The family of Habibur Rahman, who was killed in an alleged shootout RAB in Chattogram, claimed he had been taken and killed.

RAB said Habibur Rahman and Mosharaf Hossain were killed in a shootout at the Barishal Colony in Ice Factory Road adjacent to Chattogram Railway Station, a notorious site of drug trafficking, on Thursday.
 
However, Habib’s family claims that he was detained by plainclothes security force personnel from Jhautola mosque when he went to pray on Thursday.
 
“Locals told me my father was picked up from Baitul Falah Mosque following his afternoon prayers by a group of people who claimed to have ties to the local administration. They drove away in an CNG autorickshaw,” Habib’s son Abdul Ali Rabbi told bdews24.com.
 
“My mother, other family members and I went to different police stations, and contacted the narcotics office and the Detective Branch seeking his whereabouts, but they would not give us any information.”
 
“We looked for him in many places. Finally we saw a man in white lying on the ground on television who looked like Habib. We later identified the body at Chittagong Medical College Hospital,” said Habib’s father-in-law Nazrul Islam.
 
He said Habib had worked in Oman for some time and began working as a vegetable trader when he got home. His family now lives on money sent by his expatriate sister and her husband, he added.
 
Habib’s son Rabbi said that his father had been released last Tuesday after spending a month in jail.
 
RAB said Habib was accused by name in 12 cases of drug dealing at various different police stations around the city.
 
He was named in at least seven cases filed with the Kotwali Police Station, police said. Police had arrested him twice once on Dec 12, 2014 and again on Sep 23 of last year.
  Police said that Habib’s wife, Marjina Begum, is accused by name in two drug dealing cases at the  Kotowali Police Station.