RANGPUR, Oct 3, 2024 (BSS) - Fourteen accused, including former DIG of 
Rangpur Range and former Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner have been 
banned from going abroad in connection with the Shaheed Abu Sayeed murder 
case.
 
Abu Sayeed murder case panel lawyer Advocate Rokunuzzaman Rokan confirmed 
this information to local reporters here today.
 
Shaheed Abu Sayeed, a 12th batch student of the Department of English of 
Begum Rokeya University was shot dead by the police during the Anti-
Discrimination Student-People Movement in Parker Mour area in the city on 
July 16 last. 
 
On August 18, Ramzan Ali, Abu Sayeed's elder brother, filed a case in the 
court mentioning the names of 17 people. The case is now being investigated 
by the PBI.
 
"Three of the 17 accused have so far been arrested in this case, but 14 
others are still absconding," Advocate Rokunuzzaman said. 
 
Earlier, Investigating Officer (IO) of the case and Rangpur PBI 
Superintendent of Police (SP) ABM Jakir Hossain applied to the court to ban 
the foreign travel of the defendants for the sake of proper investigation.
 
"After the hearing, Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Rangpur Metropolitan Cognizance 
Court passed the order on September 1 banning foreign travel of the accused 
persons in the Abu Sayed murder case," the PBI SP told BSS tonight.
 
The defendants who have been banned from travelling abroad are: Former 
Rangpur Range DIG Abdul Baten, former Rangpur Metropolitan Police 
Commissioner Md Moniruzzaman, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abu Maruf 
Hossain, Assistant Commissioner of Police Arifuzzaman, Assistant Commissioner 
of Police Imran Hossain, Begum Rokeya University teachers Moshiur Rahman and 
Asaduzzaman Mondal, SI Bibhuti Bhushan, Tajhat Police Station Officer-in-
Charge Rabiul Islam, Begum Rokeya University Chhatra League President Pamel 
Barua and its General Secretary Shamim Mahfuz, Organizing Secretary Dhananjay 
Kumar Togar, Babul Hossain and Begum Rokeya University Officer Rafiur Hasan. 
 
“Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun is arrested in another case in Dhaka. 
Besides, police have arrested ASI Syed Amir Ali and Sujan Chandra Roy who 
were present at the scene of Abu Sayeed's murder," the panel lawyer said.