Dhaka, June 9 -- Voicing concern over the fleeing of ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Sunday said the incident put police authority's goodwill into question to ensure fair trial for his role in Nusrat murder.

This is a bad sign for establishing the rule of law in the country, the TIB said.

"The arrest warrant issued against Moazzem Hossain on May 27 took more than a week to reach Rangpur Range. Now the Rangpur range is saying it wasn't done according to rules. Now it's being said he has escaped the time," said TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman.

He said leaving out Moazzem from the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) charge-sheet was also a questionable act. "It's only natural to question w...