Chandan Das, the main accused in the murder case of Advocate Saiful Islam Alif's murder case has given a confessional statement under Section 164 in the court. After recording the statement, he has been sent to jail.
He gave this statement to Chattogram Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam on Monday (December 9) morning. After the statement, he was sent to jail in the evening.
Court bench Assistant Osman Gani said that the investigating officer of the case presented Chandan Das, the main accused in the murder case of Advocate Saiful Islam Alif, to the court and applied for recording a confessional statement under Section 164. Later, accused Chandan Das gave a confessional statement in the court. Accused Chandan Das admitted his involvement in the Alif murder case.
It is worth mentioning that on November 26, lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death in a three-way clash near the court premises in Chattogram over the demand for the release of Chinmoy Krishna Das. After that, Alif's father filed a murder case with the city's Kotwali police station, naming Chandan Das as the main accused along with 31 others.
The city police have so far arrested a total of 11 people in the case of lawyer Alif's murder. The last one, accused Chandan Das, was arrested from Bhairab Railway Station in the early hours of December 5. He was handed over to the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) that night. That evening, the police conducted a drive and arrested Ripon Das, another accused in the Alif murder case.
On the afternoon of December 6, both of them were produced before the Chattogram 6th Metropolitan Magistrate's Court (Special Magistrate). When the police applied for a 10-day remand for both of them, the court granted a 7-day remand for Chandan and a 5-day remand for Ripon.