According to sources, Mamunur Rashid, a Jubo League leader and a ward commissioner of the port city, tops the Rab list followed by top Shibir cadre Habib Khan convicted for life in the Nazirhat College Principal Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case. Rashid fled the country last October after Raozan's top terrorist Jane Alam and his nine accomplices had been killed in "crossfire" with Rab. He is now in Kolkata, they said. Habib Khan was in Dhaka a few months ago, but left for Dubai at the advice of "Gittu" Nasir, sources said.
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and top-notch terrorist Abu Tayeb, three of his gang members Baker, Halim and Millat, city Jubo League cadre Sunil and BCL cadre Dulu are also in Kollkata. Sunil left the country after the 2001 general elections, while Dulu went to Kolkata from his mother-in-law's village home in Jessore after the death of one Mahim in "crossfire".
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadre Morshed Khan, Shibir cadres "Lengra" Nasir and Sajjad Khan, and members of the now defunct National Democratic Party (NDP) Fazal Haq and Bidhan Barua are now in Dubai, sources said. Sajjad Khan, an accused in Bahaddarhat eight-murder and Liaqat Commissioner murder cases, recently obtained bail from court and left the country last month.
Sources said JCD-linked terrorists Ekramul Haq Chhuttu, "Etim" Alam, NDP cadres Azizul Haq and Jafar, Shibir cadres Gias Hazarika (on bail), "BDR" Selim and Azam, sentenced to death in Principal Muhuri murder case, are roaming in Dhaka and some other parts of the country. UP chairman Abul Kashem and Shahidur Rahman, two main accused in Jamaluddin Ahmad abduction case, have for long been hiding in Delhi and Tripura respectively. BNP-backed top terror Osman of Fatikchhari, his second-in command Alamgir and "Lamba" Mahbub are hiding in Laxmichhari and some remote areas in the hill tracts, sources said.
The 22 top terror killed in Rab operations so far are "Gittu" Nasir, Idris, Mahimuddin, Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, "Petkata" Babar, Ahmadul Haq Chowdhury alias Ahmudya, Minhaj, Foyez Munna, Sajal Nath, Khalifa Amin, Nabi Hossain, Jane Alam and his nine associates, and Aminul Islam alias Aminya. Among other Chittagong gangsters on the Rab hit list, "Shibir Nasir", "Five Star" Jasim, "Baittya" Alamgir, Taslimuddin Montu, "Baittya" Yousuf, "Azrail" Delwar, Monzur Alam and Sarwar Alam are now in jail.