Blogger murder: 2 in police custody, hunt on for 2 others
2 April 2015 5:10 AM IST
Criminal cases against the two madarsa students -- Zikrullah and Ariful -- and two others were filed by the Bangladeshi police for the murder of Washiqur Rahman, the second such attack in recent weeks.
Dhaka's Metropolitan Magistrate Younus Khan granted the police eight days custody of the two who were arrested near the crime scene.
Police had sought a 10-day remand under the case filed against four Islamists, who are students of a madarsa in the southeastern port city of Chittagong.
The court order came as the detained suspects were brought before a magistrate in connection with Rahman's killing. They allegedly killed Rahman for his blasphemous remarks on Facebook.
"It was our religious duty to kill him (Rahman)...this will ensure our place in the heaven," Zikrullah told court.Taher was a member of their "three-men killing mission". Initial reports identified Rahman as a NGO worker but relatives later said he was a travel agency executive and used to write for a blog.
Dhaka's Metropolitan Magistrate Younus Khan granted the police eight days custody of the two who were arrested near the crime scene.
Police had sought a 10-day remand under the case filed against four Islamists, who are students of a madarsa in the southeastern port city of Chittagong.
The court order came as the detained suspects were brought before a magistrate in connection with Rahman's killing. They allegedly killed Rahman for his blasphemous remarks on Facebook.
"It was our religious duty to kill him (Rahman)...this will ensure our place in the heaven," Zikrullah told court.Taher was a member of their "three-men killing mission". Initial reports identified Rahman as a NGO worker but relatives later said he was a travel agency executive and used to write for a blog.
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