Ripon Das, an accused within the assassinate case of attorney Saiful Islam Alif, has confessed to his involvement within the crime sooner than a Chattogram court.
The assertion used to be recorded final night (14 December) within the chamber of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sarkar Hasan Shahriar.
This brings the total preference of accused to admit within the case to three.
“Ripon Das used to be equipped sooner than the court after the completion of his remand period. He confessed within the make a choice’s chamber,” said Mahfuzur Rahman, assistant commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (Kotwali zone) and the case’s investigating officer.
Quoting Ripon’s assertion, Mahfuzur said on the day of the incident, Ripon Das used to be chanting slogans at the court premises, nerve-racking the open of Chinmoy Krishna Das, the spokesperson of the Sanatani Jagoron Jote, who used to be under arrest in a sedition case.
Later, Ripon moved to the Sevak Colony plight, where attorney Saiful Islam used to be brutally killed with bright weapons.
Ripon Das said he recognised 10 to 12 those who participated within the killing. He worked at a pharmacy within the metropolis’s Chawkbazar plight, said Mahfuzur.
Following his confession, the court ordered his transfer to detention center.
On 9 December, one more accused, Chandan Das, confessed in court, followed by Rajib Bhattacharya on Friday (13 December).
Chandan Das earlier said all via his confession that he, along with Ripon Das, Om Das and Ranab, attacked Saiful with bright weapons and inflicted fatal injuries.
Assorted attackers beat Saiful with blunt weapons. Chandan furthermore claimed he didn’t know just some of the attackers.
On 26 November, faded Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari used to be transported to detention center in a van after being denied bail.
His followers blocked the vehicle and staged a 3-hour mutter. Police worn batons and sound grenades to interrupt up the protesters, ensuing in clashes between laws enforcers and protesters.
In the aftermath, attorney Saiful used to be brutally attacked and killed in an alley reverse the Chattogram court premises.
Photos of the incident reveals Chandan, the highest accused within the assassinate case, wearing a gray helmet, an orange shirt, and sunless pants, wielding a machete.
Ripon Das used to be seen wearing a blue shirt, jeans, and a red helmet and wielding a weapon.
On 30 November, Saiful’s father filed a assassinate case naming 31 folks, while his brother Khan-e Alam filed one more case under the Explosives Act against 116 folks for vandalism and assault.
