The Chief Metropolitan Magi-strate's (CMM's) Court, Dhaka issuing an order for showing him arrested, sent Hannan to Dhaka Central Jail and directed the authorities to treat him in jail for bullet wounds.

Law enforcers found the bullet-marked body of Iqbal Hossain Nitel in blue polythene, with a saline needle set on one hand, on the road near BG Press in Tejgaon in a discovery at about 5:30am.

Thirty-year-old Nitel took bullets in his leg as Hannan's gang engaged in Friday's fierce firefight with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Uttara, which was launched on April 14 to curb crime.

Nitel's ringleader Hannan and three others shot their way through a police dragnet, as the Rab team raided a house in Uttara, prompting the gang to storm out on the elite force injuring its two members.

The family of Nitel, accused in at least four criminal cases including the killings of ward commissioner Saidur Rahman Newton in 2002 and sub-inspector Humayun Kabir in 2003, confirmed his identity at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Sources said Nitel was introduced to Hannan after he graduated in commerce from Shaheen College about 10 years ago and initiated into the crime world. Hannan tasked Nitel with drug peddling in Agargaon.

Relatives received the body of Nitel, son of Abul Khair of Maddhya Payekpara in Mirpur, after an autopsy at the DMCH.

Police believe Nitel was treated in an unknown clinic for wounds and his body was dumped onto the road after death.

Earlier, Nitel's sister Nipa filed a petition with the CMM's Court for not carrying out a postmortem, but the court rejected her petition.

LYNCHPIN IN JAIL
Uttara Police took Hannan, one of the 23 most wanted criminals on the police list, to the CMM's Court with three forwarding reports to show him arrested in cases.

A Rab team that arrested Hannan in a clinic in Savar escorted Hannan by microbus to the court at about 4:00pm to back up Uttara police. Rab handed Hannan over to Uttara Police Station on Saturday night.

During the hearing in court, Hannan was on the microbus, as he could not walk because of abdominal wounds.

In the forwarding reports, police linked him to killing, robbery, extortion, theft and a reign of terror he spread with his operatives.

"We are not seeking remand for Hannan now," said Lieutenant Colonel Chowdhury Fazlul Bari, commanding officer of Rab Battalion 1 that took part in its first frontal engagement with criminals since its launch.

He said Hannan gave important intelligence but refused to disclose it for the sake of investigation.

Earlier, the home ministry announced a Tk 1 lakh reward on him for arrest or information leading to his capture.

The investigation officer prayed for 10-day remand for Babul Mian, Mostafizur Rahman, Rafiqul Islam Tuku and Motaleb -- all arrested in Uttara soon after the shootout and co-accused in the three cases.

The court scheduled July 1 for hearing on the prayer for remand in the presence of the arrestees, who were sent to jail.

IN MORGUE
A magistrate carried out an inquest into the death of Debashish Kumar Das, 32, who was taken to the DMCH a few hours after arrest in a Savar clinic along with Hannan.

Debashish was introduced to Hannan about eight years ago when he was running a fish depot at Karwan Bazar. "He (Debashish) would hardly go back home after his acquaintance with Hannan," said Debashish's father Gajendra Kumar Das, a resident of Badda.