Principal of Feni Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa Siraj Ud Doula has reportedly confessed to his involvement with the killing of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
Siraj ordered his associates Nuruddin and Shahadat Hossain Shamim, two prime accused of the murder case, to burn Nusrat to death over his arrest in a sexual harassment case against him, said Mohammad Iqbal, superintendent of police (SP) of PBI.
The police super briefed to reporters after a Feni senior Judicial magistrate court recorded the confessional statement of principal Siraj this afternoon.
“In his confession, the principal told the court that when Nur Uddin and Shahadat met him in jail, he ordered them to burn her to death if she did not agree to drop sexual abuse charges against him,” Iqbal said
Siraj also asked them to stage the murder as a case of suicide, the SP added.
Police arrested Siraj in the sexual harassment case filed by Nusrat's mother on March 27. On April 10, a Feni court placed madrasa principal Siraj, the main suspect in the murder case, on a seven-day remand.
After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital on April 10.
On April 6, she was set afire at an examination centre of Alim examination allegedly by students loyal to Principal Siraj Ud Doula of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa after he was arrested and subsequently suspended as Rafi had accused him of sexually harassing her.
