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| Another accused found dead |
| 2014-01-21 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal ...student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)... leader who was accused in a case filed over the attack on the convoy of Asaduzzaman Noor was found dead in Syedpur upazila of Nilphamari yesterday morning. Victim Atiqur Rahman Atiq, 30, was the general secretary of Chhatra Dal Tupamari union unit. The body bore a deep injury on the back side of the left ear, our correspondent reported. He is the second person accused in the case to have been found dead. On Sunday local BNP leader Golam Rabbani, the prime accused in the motorcade attack case, was found dead in Nilphamari. Five people including four local Awami League men were killed when activists of Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , attacked the motorcade of the now Cultural Minister Noor, also a noted actor, on December 14 last year. Firoz Kabir, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Syedpur cop shoppe told the Dhaka Tribune that locals noticed the body of Atiqur lying beside the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Dhalagach Nariakhamba area of Syedpur municipality around 7am. They informed police. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... victim's elder brother Aminul Islam said on January 13 DB police had incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Atikur and Mohidul, 25, son of Anowar Hossain, at Delduar in Tangail. Since then they had no trace of Atikur. His wife identified the body yesterday. On the other hand Atiq's cousin Abdul Halim and father-in-law Latifur Rahman Ranju said they had heard that Rab had detained Atikur. According to police, Atiqur was the fourth accused in a case filed for killing Khorshed Alam Chowdhury, the president of Tupamari union Krishak League unit. Chowdhury is one of the five victims killed during the motorcade attack on the day. A case has been filed with the police in this regard. Noor's motorcade came under attack while he was returning to Nilphamari town from visiting Laxmichap, Shishatoli and Palash Bari villages where Jamaat men two days back had torched some 80 shops and residences belonging to Hindus and Awami League activists. |
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