In order to protect the real culprits the CID officers forced a petty criminal, Joj Miah, into confessing the crime.
Also present at the interrogation were Abdul Aziz Sarkar, Director General of Rapid Action Battalion, Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed, and Ruhul Amin.
[9] Rahman informed Minister of Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar about Mufti Hannan's confession who seemed displeased at the development as observed by Colonel Gulzar.
[6][11] Rahman testified in Sylhet at a hearing on the attempted assassination of the British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Anwar Chowdhury in January 2008.
[5][17] Rahman and five other police officers charged in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack were granted bail by Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 presided by Judge Shahed Nuruddin.