RIYADH: Interpol issued a red notice to Saudi Arabia to return Bangladeshi murder suspect Kamrul Islam who currently is in police custody in Jeddah.

Interpol’s Bangladesh National Central Bureau (NCB) officials said in Dhaka all information about the incident would be sent to Saudi Arabian NCB in a day or two after translation into Arabic for Islam’s extradition.

Dhaka NCB Assistant Inspector General Mahbubur Rahman said that Saudi Arabia NCB had informed Bangladesh of Islam’s capture.

“Riyadh and Dhaka NCBs are maintaining regular contact. Efforts are being made to bring him back as soon as possible,” he said. Asked about the next steps, Mahbubur Rahman said a decision would be made in consultation with Riyadh.

On complaints made by the Bangladesh government about the murder of a 13-year-old boy in Dhaka, Kamrul Islam, who has been working as a driver for a Saudi family, was arrested in Jeddah on July 13. He is now in Birman jail, which is a high security prison in the western province.

The murder victim, Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, was tortured to death by a group in Kumargaon on the outskirts of Sylhet around 7:30 a.m. on July 8.

A diplomat from the Bangladesh Embassy told Arab News that the suspect, who arrived in Jeddah following the killing, was arrested with the help of his Saudi sponsor.

The diplomat added that the Bangladesh government placed Kamrul Islam on the no-travel list following preliminary inquiry, but he fled to Saudi Arabia soon after his brother Muhit was detained on July 8.

The murder case was filed in this regard by Jalalabad police, in which Rajon’s father later became a plaintiff.

“We do not have an extradition treaty with the Kingdom, so we cannot officially call for the extradition of Islam,” the diplomat said, pointing out that Islam has not been convicted and is only a suspect in the murder.

Muhit was listed as the prime suspect in the case, while his brother Kamrul Islam, 24, their accomplice Ali Haider, 34, and guard Moyna Miah, 45, were charged with murder.

Muhit’s cousin, Ismail Hossain Abullus, was also detained in connection with the incident.

A 28-minute video, recorded on a mobile phone, shows the victim tied to a pole in front of a workshop in the then-closed Sultan Ali Market, beside the Dhaka-Sunamganj road.

From the video, it seemed there were five to six men who took part in the torture of the victim. Informed about the crime, police went to the spot and took Muhit into custody and recovered Rojan’s body from a minibus.