Human chain for speedy trial of Rajon killers

Hundreds of locals and school students formed a human chain in Sylhet Sadar upazila today demanding speedy trial of Rajon killers.

Around 3,000 people including students from 20 schools took part in the human chain formed on the road stretching from Rajon’s residence to the spot where he was tortured at Jalalabad in the upazila.

They also demanded capital punishment to the killers, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent.

The 13-year-old victim, Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon, died from severe torture.

A group of brutes was “punishing” him in Kumargaon Bus Stand area of Sylhet on July 8. His “crime”, they claimed, was stealing.

Son of Sheikh Azizur Rahman of Badeali village in Sadar upazila, Rajon used to help his family by selling vegetables.

Police filed a murder case, accusing Muhit and his brother Kamrul Islam, 24, their accomplice Ali Haider, 34, and watchman Moyna Mia alias Boro Moyna, 45, said Officer-in-Charge Akter Hossain of Jalalabad Police Station.