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| Party men for punishment of outlaw-turned BNP leader | |
| 2007-07-03 | |
| The party in power came as a magic lamp for outlaw-turned BNP leader Ali Ahmed Biswas. With alleged backing of the then lawmaker from Magura-2 constituency, Ali Ahmed, once a 'regional leader' of outlawed Sarbahara Party, amassed wealth through illegal means but remained out of law enforcers' dragnet despite having at least 16 cases against him. Ali Ahmed is being tried by the Special Trial Tribunal- 7 in Dhaka. He was arrested from Milkvita factory on February 12 in connection with a case filed with Shah Ali police station in Mirpur in Dhaka. Ali raised the infamous 'Ali Bahini' and managed to secure the post of Magura district BNP secretary. He also became chairman of Raghobdair Union Parishad (UP) in 2004 by allegedly using musclemen. Allegations have it that the 'Ali Bahini' created a reign of terror in the area during the four-party alliance rule. Most of the party leaders now disown Ali Ahmed and demand his punishment for alleged crimes and corruption. They also blame the former lawmaker for patronising Ali. The party men had brought out processions against the then lawmaker and his cohort Ali during the fag end of the four-party alliance government.
He was arrested by joint forces along with a foreign pistol by from a garments factory in Dhaka in February. He is now in Dhaka Ccentral Jail, police sources here said. Ali was also arrested in 2002 during the army-led 'operation clean heart' and a shutter-gun was recovered from his possession, police said. "The then lawmaker inducted terrorists in the party and placed Ali in a top position in the district committee. When they fell apart, the lawmaker as supreme leader of the district committee, took initiative to dissolve the committee", said a front ranking leader seeking anonymity. | |
| Posted by:Fred |