Outlaws shoot BNP leaderMEHERPUR, June 6: Underground terrorists sprayed bullets on Gangni upazila BNP president Mohammad Abdullah on Sunday night was rushed to the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka, reports UNB. Family sources said three bullets hit Abdullah in the arm, forehead and abdomen. Doctors stated his condition as serious.
| "He's not dead yet, Jim" |
They said 4 or 5 gunmen entered the house in Gangni town at about 10-30pm and sprayed bullet on Abdulla. They also hurled three homemade bombs when he tried to flee with bullet wounds that missed the target.
Rani Biswas identifying him commander of outlawed PBCP (ML-Janojudda) claimed by phone to newsmen the responsibility of shooting the BNP leader for his role of informer of law enforcing agencies.
| "Yeah, we shot that dirty rat. And we're proud of it, see!" |
Soon after the incident angry BNP activists attacked the visiting police and set on fire a motorbike and pickup van. In-charge of Gangni thana Iqbal Hossain injured in the mob attack was undergoing treatment in Meherpur General Hospital. BNP held rally Monday afternoon to protest the attempt on the life of Abdullah where speakers demanded immediate arrest of the gunmen. They also blamed the law enforcing agencies for dereliction of duty in eliminating terrorism.
A small district on the western border with India, Meherpur is heavily infested by underground terrorists. Killing, extortion, mugging, hijack are rampant in and adjoining areas of the district. At least 20 people, including first elected chairman of Gangni pourasava Amirul Islam, were killed in the district during the last one year.
RAB nabs 100 in block raid
KERANIGANJ, June 6 : RAB and police in a joint drive Monday night held about 100 people but none of the known terrorists, reports UNB. Residents said police guided the drive at Amritapur, Charail, Dakpara, Manumiar Dhal, Chhatgaon and adjacent areas from 8pm and picked up 'innocent' people, mostly young and herded them to the thana hajat.
They said known and listed terrorists knowing the impending drive have either taken shelter in different clinics in the guise of patients or gone to Dhaka city. They named Hasnabad clinic, Kalatia clinic, Rohitpur clinic, Shahana clinic and others where the criminals were hiding during the drive. "Possibly police know this but they would not take RAB men there," said a businessman of Amritapur requesting anonymity for fear of reprisal. Police also did not allow anyone to come close to RAB officials, he added.
Similar RAB-police joint drive on May 27 ended in a failure to nab any of the known terrorists who are allegedly thriving under political umbrella. Business community, which is subjected to pay tolls regularly said RAB should have its own intelligence to gather information from the locals about terrorist hideouts and launch midnight drive without informing the police to make it a success.
Keraniganj, a sprawling town on the other side of Buriganga river, is heavily infested by terrorists. Extortion, highjack, mugging, murder, rape are rampant in the area.
| Just like the rest of Bangladesh |
Rab nabs Shibir cadre Sazzad
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Chittagong top terror and Islami Chhatra Shibir cadre Sazzad from the capital yesterday evening.
| "Evening, Sazzad. Let's go down to the station and talk" |
Sources said he was the second in command of 'Hazarika Bahini' of Gias Hazarika, notorious cadre of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. Hazarika was killed in Rab-claimed 'crossfire' on June 2. The Rab- 3 said Hazarika had supplied firearms to the Shibir cadres to attack and kill the eight BCL leaders and activists.
| No doubt they were looking for those firearms when that tragic "crossfire" happened. |
Five dacoits held in Feni
FENI, June 6:—Police arrested five alleged dacoits with some booty and 10 bullets from Dhanikunda area under Parshuram upazila in the early hours of today, says BSS. The arrested robbers are: Jalal Ahmed, 40, Nurul Haq, 38, Manik, 42, Sheikh, 28 and Ahsanullah Shipon, 24.
Police said a gang of dacoits barged into the house of Aminullah Master at Shatkucia village and looted valuables. Getting information, police, who were on the way to the place of occurrence, rounded up the five dacoits. Later, police recovered a portion of looted goods, including a television set, and 10 bullets. Two separate cases were filed in this connection.