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Mohiuddin confesses to involvement
Rajshahi University teacher Mia Muhammad Mohiuddin yesterday confessed to his involvement in the killing of Prof S Taher Ahmed and named RU unit Islami Chhatra Shibir President Shalehi as his accomplice, police said.
| "Oooowwwww! I dunnit! I confess! He did too!" |
The police started a hunt for Shalehi after the arrested teacher's confession during interrogation. Police sources said several teams of detective and special branches of police are trying to trap Shalehi. The police are ready to pay up to Tk 30,000 for information leading to his arrest, they added. Jahangir and Nazmul, two arrested suspects, have in their confessional statements before a magistrate also named Mohiuddin and Shalehi as the masterminds of the killing.
| "Aaaaiiiieeee! We confess! They dunnit!" |
 The absconding Shibir leader, heavily guarded by cadres, showed up during a huge showdown in Shaheb Bazar on February 10 and went into hiding again. Top Jamaat-Shibir leaders the same day held a rally attended by Shalehi and threatened police and journalists with dire consequences for doing or writing anything against him.
| Ummm... In a rational country, that'd be regarded as a plea to thump knobs on their heads. There are times when that's an appropriate thing to do, especially in countries where the state doesn't maintain a monopoly of violence. |
A huge number of police were on hand in and around the rally, but no-one of them moved to arrest Shalehi.
| Scared of the mob, were they? Should have accussed Shalehi of desecrating a Koran or drawing funny pictures of Mohammad. That woulda done it. |
City unit Jamaat President Ataur Rahman, Central Shibir President Shafikul Islam Masud, RU Shibir Secretary Noor Muhammad, among others, addressed the rally chaired by city unit Jamaat Secretary Rokon Uddin. Shalehi in a brief speech denied the charge against him and disappeared by a motorcycle as the rally ended.
| Rode off on a cycle of violence, did he? Well, it was to be expected, I guess... |
Posted by: Fred 2006-02-12 |
