Bangla Bhai's Reign of Terror
Gruesome torture tales
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
It was May 19, 2004 in Naogaon. Bangla Bhai-led Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) abducted Idris Ali Khejur, Abdul Qayyum Badshah and Bashar at Simba in Raninagar and Ala at Sharia in Atrai to avenge the murders of two militants by outlaws.Members of the militant outfit announced in loudhailers in the night that they would slaughter the four in public the next day. Journalists informed the matter to the then Naogaon superintendent of police, Fazlur Rahman, who brushed aside the information. As a 'show of respect' to the villagers, who pleaded against the slaughter, the JMJB men beat up Khejur and Badshah to death. The cries of the victims were amplified by loudhailers to terrorise the neighbourhood. Badshah was found hanging upside down in a roadside tree at Bamongram in Nandigram, Bogra on May 20. Police dub out Khejur's body, sliced into four pieces, from near Bhiti camp on May 28. Khejur's family said he was innocent and demanded proper investigation into the killing. The family of Badsha also claimed that Badsha was not an outlaw as police and JMJB men branded him before killing him. His brother Muhammad Musa cited the example of an extortion case against Badsha. Documents show the case was filed on February 30 in 2001. Musa also showed a letter, in which the police tried to prove Badsha an extortionist and the letter is also dated February 30. "How did they (police) get 30 days in the month of February?" Musa asked. "The JMJB men seldom found any outlaw to kill. In case of any capture, they spared most of them when they surrendered to them," said a Union Parishad chairman.
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