Man killed for not offering ‘salam’: PBI arrests 2 accused after 2 years

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested two men for a murder that was committed more than two years ago in Dhaka.

Md Jashim Uddin, 36, and Md Kabir, 39, stabbed a man for not offering them “salam", the Muslim greeting, in Beribadh area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur on the night of February 24, 2019, according to a press statement issued by the PBI on Friday. 

The law enforcement agency arrested the duo, separately, on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

The duo brutally stabbed the victim, Ershad, 30, who succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) the very next day.

Ershad’s mother Laili Begum filed a case with Mohammadpur police station the same day her son died. 

Officials of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) present the two murder accused, Jashim and Kabir, on Friday, August 6, 2021 | CourtesyJashim and Kabir, along with seven other named and four to five unnamed individuals, were accused in the case.

They all went into hiding soon after the case was filed.

A Dhaka court later transferred the case to the PBI for further investigation.

Md Jahangir Alam, PBI's special superintendent of police in Dhaka (north), said: "We started an intense investigation to identify and arrest the accused soon after the case was handed over to us. After being on the run for almost two and a half years, the main accused Jashim, and another accused Kabir were arrested.

“Jasim has already confessed to his crimes and provided a statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) before the court.

“Meanwhile, the court has placed Kabir on remand for two days for interrogation,” the senior police official added.