Bus driver confesses to murder of man found dead on Dhaka Elevated Expressway
The victim, Ismail Hossain, was on his way from Jamalpur to Gazipur with Tk5 lakh from a land sale when he went missing.
A 41-year-old bus driver has confessed to his involvement in the murder of a man whose body was found with tape over his mouth on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway on 4 September.
Sohel Rana, who was arrested in connection with the murder on 5 September, gave a confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure today (10 September), said prosecution Sub-Inspector Moktar Hossain.
He was produced before the court after his remand ended. As Sohel voluntarily agreed to give a confessional statement, Banani Police Station Sub-Inspector Nazrul Islam Talukder, also the investigating officer, sought permission to have it recorded.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin then recorded his statement and ordered that he be sent to jail.
Details of his statement were not immediately known.
How the murder came to light
According to the case statement, Ismail Hossain left his village home in Jamalpur for Gazipur around 4:30am on 4 September. He was carrying Tk5 lakh in cash from the sale of land, along with various food items.
His son Hasan was waiting for him at Jirani bus stand in Gazipur. However, he could not contact his father as Ismail's mobile phone was switched off.
Later, Hasan learned that the body of an unidentified man had been recovered from the road between pillars 179 and 180 on the Kakoli-Kuril section of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway under Banani Police Station.
No cash or belongings that Ismail had brought from his village were found with the body.
His relatives later identified the body as that of Ismail Hossain.
Ismail's son Md Hasan filed the murder case with Banani Police Station on 4 September.
Police arrested Sohel, Saju Loskar and Mahbub Alam Moni in the capital the following day.
Saju, supervisor of the Raj Classic bus, and Moni, its helper, later gave confessional statements under Section 164 on 6 September.
After their statements were recorded, the court later granted Sohel a four-day remand for questioning in connection with the case.
