Police make two arrests in connection with murder of Jalal Uddin

South Street cordoned off

Police investigating the murder of Jalal Uddin have made two arrests.

Shortly after 9:40am on Monday 22 February 2016, police investigating the murder of 64-year-old Mr Uddin executed a warrant on Ramsey Street, Rochdale and arrested a 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of murder and seized a Vauxhall Astra.

Both remain in custody for questioning.

Shortly before 9pm on Thursday 18 February 2016, police were called by paramedics to a play area at the end of South Street in Wardleworth, Rochdale following reports that a man had been found injured.

Officers attended and found Jalal with a serious head injury. He was taken to hospital but sadly died a short time later.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Friday 19 February on suspicion of murder but he has now been released without charge and eliminated from police enquiries.

A Home Office post-mortem examination concluded that Jalal died from a head injury.

Police are continuing to appeal for information and it is now believed he was assaulted sometime between 8:41pm and 8:48pm after he was walking home from a friend’s house on South Street.

Detective Chief Inspector Terry Crompton of GMP’s Serious Crime Division said: “Our investigation is continuing at a quick pace and we have carried out a significant number of enquiries since the tragic events of last Thursday to establish what happened to Jalal.

“We have got two people in custody and I hope these arrests, along with the police activity on Ramsey Street today will reassure the public of just how serious we are taking this investigation.

“We are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward and following extensive analysis of CCTV, we now know that Jalal walked into the park from the South Street entrance at 8:41pm before he was then found injured seven minutes later by a member of the public.

“We are keen to speak to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the South Street area around this time, no matter how big or small you believe it may be.”

Anyone with information should please contact officers at GMP’s Major Incident Team on 0161 856 4711 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.