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| Outlaw Pulin Sarkar among 10 chargesheeted |
| 2007-07-03 |
| Ten people including Pulin Bihari Sarkar, a 'regional leader' of outlawed Purba Bangla Communist Party (PBCP Janajuddha) were chargesheeted yesterday in Jatiyatabadi Matsjibi Dal Mirza Masud Jewel murder case. Investigation officer (IO) of the case Sub-inspector (SI) Humayun of Patkelghata police station submitted the charge sheet to a magistrate court in Satkhira after over 11 months of the incident. Sources close to the IO said they are convinced that the accused were involved in the sensational murder. The accused have been charged under Section 302/104 of BPC (Bangladesh Penal Code). Other chargesheeted accused are Ananta Sarkar, Kali Pada alias Kalu Sarkar, Bimal Mondal, Jhantu Sheikh alias Mamun Sheikh, Gafur Gazi, Debabrata Mondal and Sanjoy Mondal of Dudli village in Tala upazila; Maru Gain of Khariadanga village in Satkhira Sadar upazila and Sanjib Kumar Adhikari of Raruli village in Paikgachha upazila in Khulna. Pulin Bihari Sarkar hails from Goaldanga village in Tala upazila. All the accused are absconding since the murder of Jewel, president Satkhira Jatiyatabadi Matsjibi Dal, fishermen's front of BNP. Court sources said, the killers belonging to PBCP waylaid Jewel when he was returning home from his shrimp farm in his village at about 12:30 pm on July 8 last year. They opened fire and blasted three bombs, critically injuring Jewel. He was rushed to Satkhira Sadar Hospital where he died on the same night. The victim's mother Rokeya Khanam filed a case with Patkelghata police station on July 9 naming 10 accused. |
| Posted by:Fred |