Another accused admits killing Saudi official

Khalaf Al Ali Star Online Report

Another accused in Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali murder case admitted his involvement in the killing before a metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka on Wednesday.
Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan recorded the statement of Akbar Ali alias Lalu, one of the four accused in the case, for over two and a half hours at his chamber.
Khalaf, 45, an official with the consular section of the Saudi embassy in Dhaka, was shot dead near his house in the diplomatic enclave in the wee hours of March 6.
Akbar Ali said he along with four others – Saiful Islam Mamun, 20, Rafiqul Islam Khokon, 22, Al Amin, 25, and Md Selim – were present at the scene of occurrence.
Saiful shot Khalaf, he said, echoing Al Amin who confessed to the killing before the magistrate on July 30.
Before shooting him, the muggers locked into a brawl with Khalaf when the gang demanded some dollars from him and he refused to do so, the accused told the magistrate.
After recording the statement, the court sent Akbar Ali to jail.
Detectives recently arrested the four and shown them arrested in the case while Selim is on the run.

The case was included as a sensational one under the home ministry's monitoring cell on July 1.
Four months and 19 days into the killing of Khalaf, detectives on July 25 at a press briefing claimed that the incident was of simply mugging.