The wife of slain Awami League activist Ibrahim has alleged that police have not yet filed any arms case against AL lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon to save him.
Referring to Law Minister Shafique Ahmed, victim's wife Rina Islam yesterday said the minister told her that an arms case should be lodged against Shoan since his pistol was used in her husband's killing. But police see no involvement of the lawmaker in the incident.
Rina said she met the law minister at his Bailey road residence on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) assigned an officer to investigate the Ibrahim murder case after the police headquarters asked the Detective Branch to hand over the case to the CID.
Abdul Kahar Akond, senior assistant superintendent of police, said they appointed ASP Khandaker Abdul Halim as the investigation officer.
Md Moniruzzaman, additional deputy commissioner of the Detective Branch, said they were yet to hand over the case documents to the CID as the newly appointed IO had not contacted them.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun decided to transfer the case to the CID at a meeting of AL presidium on instructions from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said a source.
The decision came after DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque on Thursday told journalists that Shaon was not involved in the killing.
He said Ibrahim was killed by a shot from Shaon's pistol in the lawmaker's car parked on Block-6 in front of the MP Hostel at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban complex on August 13. But the lawmaker's involvement in the shooting was not found.