Accused Fayek Sheikh Arrested in Pallabi, Dhaka, in Khulna Tatidal Leader Murder Case
Fayek Sheikh (43), an accused in the murder case of Khulna Metropolitan Tatidal joint convener Humayun Kabir, has been arrested from Pallabi in Dhaka. He was arrested on Tuesday night, November 3.
The information was given in a press release on Wednesday, November 4. It said that, acting on a secret tip, a raid was carried out on Tuesday night at Road 8/77 of E-Block in Section 12 under Pallabi police station in Dhaka, and Fayek Sheikh was arrested. SRB-4 assisted in the operation and the arrest was made by SRB-6.
Fayek Sheikh is the son of Sheikh Idris Ali of the Rayermahal Paschimpara area under Khalishpur police station in Khulna. The process of handing him over to Arongghata police station of the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) for further legal action is under way.
According to the case statement, on the evening of Sunday, November 1, Tatidal leader Humayun Kabir was at his own business establishment behind Rayermahal Boro Masjid in the city. At that time, over a previous enmity, Fayek Sheikh and the other accused entered the place and hacked him indiscriminately with sharp chapatis and Chinese axes, seriously injuring him.
Local residents rescued him and took him to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
The victim's son, Syed Nur Amin, filed the murder case with Arongghata police station as the complainant. Police had earlier arrested another man, Siddik Sheikh, in the same case.
