Rab claims arrest of 'real killers' of Nitai

Sunday, September 2, 2012 Ten days into the killing of Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta Nitai, Rab on Sunday claimed that they arrested six 'real killers'.
Earlier, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested six people in connection with the killing and claimed that robbery motive was behind the murder.
Lt Col Ziaul Hasan, director of Intelligence Wing of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), refuted DB claim on Sunday after the arrest and said internal conflict of the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) is the main cause of the murder.
Nitai, an assistant professor of the NIDCH was stabbed to death by unknown criminals at his hospital quarters at Mohakhali in the capital on August 23.
The 47-year-old physician was also an executive councillor of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) and a central committee member of Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad.
Lt Col Ziaul Hasan of Rab said on Sunday that during the preliminary interrogation, the arrestees confessed to them that they killed Nitai over the internal conflict of the hospital.
"The arrestees are the real killers of Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta," Rab official claimed.
Among the six arrestees, Saidur Rahman and Tariqul Islam are identified. The identities of the rest are yet to be confirmed.