Attack on Mayor's Car
Chargesheet against outlaw
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
Police yesterday submitted charge-sheet to the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate naming an outlaw as the lone accused in the case of grenade attack on mayor's car last year. Sub-Inspector Shafiqul Alam of Khulna thana pressed the chargesheet accusing Mashikul Islam Joy who is an armed cadre of the outlawed PBCP (M-L faction). He is now in Khulna jail. Five other suspects in the case were killed in crossfire and lynched by the angry mob. They were Mafizul Islam Mafiz, Abdur Rashid alias Tapu, Raja Chowdhury, Khalil and Oli. Khulna city Mayor Shaikh Tayebur Rahman's Pajero jeep came under grenade attack near the United Club while he was returning home after attending a function on February 29. The mayor, however, survived the attempt on his life as the grenade did not explode. A case was recorded with Khulna Police Station on the night of the incident. Joy was arrested from Dhaka on May 28.
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