Ex-RAB officer Rana also 'admits' Narayanganj crimes

Rana issued a confessional statement in the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin in the port city on Thursday, Narayanganj District Lawyers’ Association President Sakhawat Hossain said.

Earlier on Wednesday, former officer Arif Hossain of the Narayanganj-based elite force gave a confessional statement to the court.

Seven men, including former city councillor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar, were abducted on Apr 27. Their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakhyya River several days later.

Nazrul's father-in-law Shahidul Islam had claimed earlier that RAB took Tk 60 million from prime suspect Nur Hossain for the crime.

Three officers -- ex-Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mohammad, then RAB-11 commander, former Maj Arif Hossain and former Lt Commander MM Rana -- were removed from RAB and later sent on forced retirement.

They were arrested after a High Court order and are currently in police custody.