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| Chandpur MP's son brokered assassination |
| 2014-05-06 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A son of a powerful Awami League politician made the deal with some Rab men to kill Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, Nazrul's father-in-law Shahidul Islam has claimed. The son acted on behalf of Narayanganj ward-4 Councillor Nur Hossain, who is the prime accused in the sensational abduction and murder case. Shahidul said a double agent disclosed to him the plot of killing Nazrul for Tk 6 crore, which was paid to the killers about a week before the abduction of Nazrul and his four aides on April 27 and their subsequent killing. The information regarding this transaction was communicated with the government through Narayanganj AL politician Shamim Osman after the incident, he added. The Narayanganj issue was discussed in the cabinet meeting yesterday. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... The Daily Star could not independently verify any of Shahidul's claims and therefore cannot name the MP and his son. The agent, who is an ally of ward-4 Councillor Nur Hossain, told Shahidul that the murder deal was finalised in a clandestine meeting a week before the abduction. This agent, who also maintained close links with Shahidul and his followers, claimed he was in the meeting. Four days before the abduction, the agent alerted Shahidul of the plot and asked him to send Nazrul into hiding to escape murder. "As Nazrul was already getting death threats and was already staying outside his area for over two months, I did not pay much attention to the tip-off," he told The Daily Star. He said the AL MP whose son made the deal with Rab members holds a cabinet post. Nur Hossain, Haji Yasin and Hasmat Ali, three top accused in the case, held the meeting. Hasmat is Shahidul's younger brother who turned into a close ally of Nur Hossain, following a family dispute. Shahidul first made the stunning claim on Sunday that some Rab members killed Nazrul in exchange for Tk 6 crore from Nur Hossain and other accused. Contacted, Rab Legal and Media Wing Director Habibur Rahman said the force was being implicated in the crime with an ill motive. "The investigation is on. The probe will reveal who is responsible for what," he told this correspondent on Sunday night. Shahidul said some workers witnessed the abductions on April 27 near Shibu Market at Ring Road in Narayanganj. On the day, Nazrul and his four aides -- Tajul, Liton, Swapan and Jahangir -- and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and his driver Ibrahim were kidnapped separately, but around the same time after they came out of the court area in two cars. Six bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river three days later and another the next day. Police suspect a single group was behind the crime, while Nazrul's wife Selina Islam said Nur Hossain was responsible for the kidnap and the killing. Shahidul said he went to the Rab-11 headquarters in Adamji to report the abduction soon after he came to know form the eyewitnesses, but the commanding officer (CO) kept him confined for six hours there and quizzed him. On the same day, Shahidul and his daughter Selina Islam went to the Fatullah Police Station to file a case against Rab men, including its CO, but the police refused to take the case. |
| Posted by:Fred |